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Strong's #1965 - ἐπίορκος
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- a false swearer, a perjurer
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ἐπίορκ-ος, ον,
I sworn falsely, of oaths, εἰ δέ τι τῶνδ' ἐπίορκον Il. 19.264: freq. in the phrase ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσαι take a false oath, swear falsely, 3.279, 19.260, Hes. Op. 282, Th. 232; in full, ἐπίορκον ὅρκον ὤμοσε Ar. Ra. 150; and so ἐ. ἐπομνύναι (v. ἐπόμνυμι); but in Il. 10.332 ἐ. ἐπώμοσε he swore a bootless oath, i.e. one which he meant to fulfil, but the gods willed otherwise.
II. of persons, forsworn, perjured, Hes. Op. 804, Schwyzer 179a(Crete), E. El. 1355 (anap.), Ar. Nu. 399,al.: Sup. -ότατος Antipho 6.48. Adv. -κως Hdn. 6.9.2.
ἐπίορκος, ἐπιορκον (from ἐπί (which see D. 7) against, and ὅρκος); (masculine as a substantive) a false swearer, a perjurer: 1 Timothy 1:10. (From Homer down.)
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ἐπί -ορκος , -ον ,
[in LXX: Zechariah 5:3 (H7650 ni.) *;]
1. of oaths, sworn falsely.
2. Of persons, perjured; as subst., a perjurer, false swearer: 1 Timothy 1:10.†
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