ὁμολογέωhomologéō
to assent, i.e. covenant, acknowledge
Greek (New Testament) · G3670
Meanings
1. to speak the same language.
2. to agree with.
3. to agree, confess, acknowledge: absolutely, John 1:20, John 12:42; passive, Romans 10:10; followed by ὅτι, Romans 10:10, Hebrews 11:13; with accusative of thing, Acts 23:8, 1 John 1:9, Revelation 3:5; id. with dative of person, Acts 24:14; with accusative cognate, 1 Timothy 6:12; with accusative of person, 1 John 2:23, 1 John 4:3; id. followed by predicate accusative (Bl., § 34, 5; 73, 5), John 9:22, Romans 10:9, 1 John 4:2, 1 John 4:15, 2 John 1:7; with infinitive, Titus 1:16; with dative of person followed by ὅτι, Matthew 7:23; followed by ἐν, with dative of person, Matthew 10:32, Luke 12:8.
4. to agree, promise: τ. ἐπαγγελίαν, Acts 7:17; with infinitive object (Bl., § 61, 3), Matthew 14:7.
5. = ἐξμολογέω, to praise: Hebrews 13:15. (Cf. ἀνθ-ομολογέομοι, ἐξομολογέω.)
Same root
- ὁμοῦhomoû · G3674akin to G260 (ἅμα)) as adverb; at the same place or time
- λόγοςlógos · G3056something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
- ὁμολογουμένωςhomologouménōs · G3672confessedly
- ἀνθομολογέομαιanthomologéomai · G437to confess in turn, i.e. respond in praise
- ἐξομολογέωexomologéō · G1843to acknowledge or (by implication, of assent) agree fully
- ὁμολογίαhomología · G3671acknowledgment
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 7:23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
- Matthew 10:32 “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
- Matthew 14:7 so he promised with a vow to give her anything she wanted.
- Luke 12:8 “I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God’s angels.
- John 1:20 He came right out and said, “I am not the Messiah.”
- John 9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.