Quick Definition
I adjure, put to oath
Strong's Definition
to exact an oath, i.e. conjure
Derivation: from G1537 (ἐκ) and G3726 (ὁρκίζω);
KJV Usage: adjure
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξορκίζω;
1. to exact an oath, to force to an oath (Demosthenes, Polybius, Apollod., Diodorus, Plutarch, others), for which the earlier Greeks used ἐξορκόω (cf. Winer's Grammar, 102 (97)).
2. to adjure: τινα κατά τίνος, one by a person (cf. κατά, I. 2 a.), followed by ἵνα (Buttmann, 237 (205)), Mat_26:63; (Gen_24:3).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξορκίζω exorkizō 1x
to put an oath to a person, to adjure, Mat_26:63
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐξ -ορκίζω
(later form of ἐξορκόω ),
[in LXX : Jdg_17:2 ( H422 ), Gen_24:3 , 1Ki_22:16 ( H7650 hi .) * ;]
1. to administer an oath to ( Dem ., Polyb ., al. ).
2. to adjure: c . acc pers ., seq . κατά , c . gen . (as freq . in magic Papyri; MM , Exp., xiv), Mat_26:63 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξορκίζω [page 225]
With Mat_26:68 may be compared the heathen amulet BGU III. 956 .1 ff. (iii/A.D.) ἐξορκίζω ὑμᾶς κατὰ τοῦ ἁγίου ὀνόματος θεραπεῦσαι τὸν Διονύσιον , and the magical papyri P Par 574 .1239 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 113) ἐξορκίζω σε δαῖμον . . . κατὰ τούτου τοῦ θεοῦ κτλ ., P Lond 46 .76 ff. (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 67) ἐξορκίζω σε κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων ὀνομάτων . . . καὶ κατὰ τῶν φρικτῶν ὀνομάτων . . . παράδος τὸν κλέπτην κτλ . See also BGU IV. 1141 .10 (B.C. 14) ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν καὶ παρακαλῶι καὶ τὴν Καίσαρος τύ [χη ]ν σε ἐξορκίζωι , P Leid W vi. 21 (ii/iii A.D.) ὡς ἐξώρκισά σε , τέκνον , ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ , veluti obtestatus sum te, fili, in templo (Ed.), and the love-spell Preisigke 4947 .7 (iii/A.D.) ἐξορκίζω τὸν πάντα συνέχοντα κύριον θεὸν . . ποίησον ᾽Α . . . φιλεῖν με . See also Wόnsch AF 3 .25 cited s.v . ἀποδιορίζω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐξορκίζω fut. attic ιῶ [Etym: = ἐξορκόω] "to adjure", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-ορκίζω
(later form of ἐξορκόω ), [in LXX: Jdg.17:2 (אָלָה), Gen.24:3, 3Ki.22:16 (שָׁבַע hi.)* ;]
__1. to administer an oath to (Dem., Polyb., al.).
__2. to adjure: with accusative of person(s), before κατά, with genitive (as frequently in magic π.; MM, Exp., xiv), Mat.26:63.†
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