Bible dictionaries

Forswear

What Bible dictionaries say about “Forswear”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Forswear - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

FORSWEAR, v.t. pret. forswore; pp. forsworn. See Swear and Answer.]

1. To reject or renounce upon oath.

2. To deny upon oath.

Like innocence, and as serenely bold as truth, how loudly he forswears thy gold.

To forswear one's self, is to swear falsely; to perjure one's self.

Thou shalt not forswear thyself. Mat 5.

FORSWEAR, v.i. To swear falsely; to commit perjury.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2