Strong G3660ὄμνυμι
to swear
- Transliteration
- omnuō
- Pronunciation
- om-noo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of a primary but obsolete word ὄμω omō for which another prolonged form (ὀμόω omoō om-o'-o) is used in certain tenses. To swear that is take (or declare on) oath: - swear.
Detailed definition
ὀμνύω
(so Hdt. and some Att.. writers) and ὄμνυμι (so generally in Att.. prose and always in Trag.; Mrk.14:71, -ύναι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַע ni.;]
to swear, affirm by oath: Mat.26:74, Mrk.14:71, Heb.7:21; before εἰ (q.v), Heb.3:11 4:3; with dative of person(s), Mrk.6:23; id. with inf., Heb.3:18; before ὅρκῳ, Act.2:30; ὀ. ὅρκον, πρός, with accusative of person(s) (cl.), Luk.1:73; with accusative (of that by which one swears; cl., see MM, xviii), Jas.5:12; before κατά, with genitive (LXX; Bl., § 34, 1), Heb.6:13, 16; before ἐν (εἰς), as in Heb. (El., § 39, 4), Mat.5:34, 36 23:16, 18 23:20-22 Rev.10:6 (Bl., § 70, 3).†
(AS)
(so Hdt. and some Att.. writers) and ὄμνυμι (so generally in Att.. prose and always in Trag.; Mrk.14:71, -ύναι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַע ni.;]
to swear, affirm by oath: Mat.26:74, Mrk.14:71, Heb.7:21; before εἰ (q.v), Heb.3:11 4:3; with dative of person(s), Mrk.6:23; id. with inf., Heb.3:18; before ὅρκῳ, Act.2:30; ὀ. ὅρκον, πρός, with accusative of person(s) (cl.), Luk.1:73; with accusative (of that by which one swears; cl., see MM, xviii), Jas.5:12; before κατά, with genitive (LXX; Bl., § 34, 1), Heb.6:13, 16; before ἐν (εἰς), as in Heb. (El., § 39, 4), Mat.5:34, 36 23:16, 18 23:20-22 Rev.10:6 (Bl., § 70, 3).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3660 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- swear12
- sware7
- sweareth4
- sworn3
- that1
- whoso1
First verses
- Matthew 5:34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
- Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
- Matthew 23:18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
- Matthew 23:20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
- Matthew 23:21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
- Matthew 23:22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
- Matthew 26:74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
- Mark 6:23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
- Mark 14:71But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
- Luke 1:73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
- Acts 2:30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
- Acts 7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
- Hebrews 3:11So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
- Hebrews 3:18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
- Hebrews 4:3For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- Hebrews 6:13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
- Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
- Hebrews 7:21(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
- James 5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὄμνῡμι,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.166, etc.)]; imperative ὄμνῠθι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.585, ὄμνῡ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1185, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 746, cf. Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86. γ)]; 3rd.pers. singular ὀμνύτω [Refs (“IG” 12.134.5)]; 3rd.pers. plural ὀμνύντων. Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47, “IG” 12.87.24)]: imperfect ὤμνυν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 520, “Ec.” 823, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.10, etc.)]: also (from present ὀμνύω) 3rd.pers. singular imperative ὀμνῠέτω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.175)]; participle ὀμνύουσα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 2)]: imperfect ὤμνῠον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.278, Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.19, 24, “IG” 22.236.14, etc.)] (for present indicative the Trag. and [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus use only ὄμνυμι, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and _Attic dialect_ Prose writers also ὀμνύω,)] which also occurs in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.9, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 42, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 101, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 241.1, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 160; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153 ὀμνύντες is restored for the uncertain form ὀμοῦντες))]: future ὀμοῦμαι, εῖ, εῖται, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.233, 9.274, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 246, “Lys.” 193, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.11, etc.)]; Doric dialect 1st pers. plural ὀμιώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 183)]; later future ὀμόσω [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.201 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 23, etc.)]: aorist ὤμοσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.253, etc.)]; Epic dialect ὤμοσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.313; _Epic dialect_ also without augment ὄμοσα, -οσσα, 19.113, 10.328)]: perfect ὀμώμοκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 612, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1471, etc.)]: pluperfect ὠμωμόκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.35, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.16, 19.318)]:—middle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.26.3)], aorist participle ὀμοσάμενος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 531.28 (Dyme, 3rd c.BC), “IG” 5(2).357.11 (from Stymphalus), also in compounds ἀντ-, ἀπ-, δι-, ὑπ-)]:—passive, future ὀμοσθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.34)]: aorist ὠμόσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.10, (ὑπ-) 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 202; but ὠμόθην 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.40, (ὑπ-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.25)]: perfect 3rd.pers. singular ὀμώμοται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1284, ὀμώμοσται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 816, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377a11)]; 3rd.pers. plural ὀμώμονται Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98)]; participle ὀμωμοσμένος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.10, 22.4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377b7 (ὠμοσμένος see reading in 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 83, etc.))]:—swear, with accusative cognate, ὀμνυέτω δέ τοι ὅρκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.175, +others; ὅτις κ᾽ ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσῃ 3.279; ἑκὼν ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 282: with _dative_ _person_, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον.. ὅρκον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.108, +others; πρός τινα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.331, 19.288)]:—passive, ὀμώμοται γὰρ ὅοκος ἐκ θεῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1284; ὅρκων ὀμωμος μένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.10; εἰ ὀμώμοσται οὗτος [ὁ ὅρκος] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377a11, compare b7.)]
II swear to a thing, affirm or confirm by oath,
II.1 followed by accusative, ταῦτα δ᾽ ἐγὼν ἐθέλω ὀμόσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.187, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1145, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.11)]; ὄ. τὰς σπονδάς Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47; τὴν εἰρήνην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.32, compare 9.16; θεῶν πίστεις τινί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30, etc.)]
II.2 followed by future infinitive, swear that one will.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.373, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 623, 941)] (present infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.188 codices): frequently with ἦ μέν, _Attic dialect_ ἦ μήν,)] preceding the infinitive, καί μοι ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι.. ἀρήξειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.76, compare 10.321, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.26, etc.: also by)]aorist infinitive and ἄν, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.7.40)]: by present infinitive, swear that one does.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 357)]: by perfect infinitive, swear that one has.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.119; ὤμνυς μὴ γεγονέναι 5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus 6)]: by aorist infinitive, swear that one did.., ὀμνύουσι μὴ 'κπιεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ μίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.9, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.179)](aorist infinitive is perhaps used, without ἄν, in future sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.170 (assuming variant)))]: sometimes a clause follows in the indicative, ὀμνύω.., ἦ μὴν ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.31; ὄμνυμί σοι.., οὐκ ἤθελον.. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Adon.” 22.)]
II.3 absolutely, εἶπον ὀμόσας ἄν I would have given my word of honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 215d.)]
III with accusative of the person or thing sworn by, swear by, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον ἀάατον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.271; γαιήοχον ἐννοσίγαιον ὄμνυθι 23.585, compare 15.40, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 529, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1185, etc.; ὀμωμοκὼς τοὺς θεούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.217)]; ὄμνυμι θεοὺς καὶ θεάς followed by infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.17, compare 6.1.31: rarely with _dative_, τῷ γὰρ ὄμνυτ᾽)]; ἢ σιδαρέοισ; [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 248: in Prose also with Preps., ὀ. καθ᾽ ἱερῶν τελείων Legal cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47; κατ᾽ ἐξωλείας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.119; κατὰ τῆς Πολιάδος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 32; εἰς τὸν Οὐιτέλλιον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Otho” 18; ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.20.5; ἐν Κυρίῳ LXX.Judg.21.7; ἐν τῷ ναῷ NT.Matt.23.16:—)]passive, ὀμώμοσται Ζεύς Zeus has been sworn by, adjured, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 816, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1241.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.166, etc.)]; imperative ὄμνῠθι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.585, ὄμνῡ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1185, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 746, cf. Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86. γ)]; 3rd.pers. singular ὀμνύτω [Refs (“IG” 12.134.5)]; 3rd.pers. plural ὀμνύντων. Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47, “IG” 12.87.24)]: imperfect ὤμνυν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 520, “Ec.” 823, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.10, etc.)]: also (from present ὀμνύω) 3rd.pers. singular imperative ὀμνῠέτω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.175)]; participle ὀμνύουσα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “adv. Athenogenem” 2)]: imperfect ὤμνῠον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.278, Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.19, 24, “IG” 22.236.14, etc.)] (for present indicative the Trag. and [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus use only ὄμνυμι, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus and _Attic dialect_ Prose writers also ὀμνύω,)] which also occurs in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.9, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 42, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 101, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 241.1, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 160; in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153 ὀμνύντες is restored for the uncertain form ὀμοῦντες))]: future ὀμοῦμαι, εῖ, εῖται, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.233, 9.274, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 246, “Lys.” 193, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.11, etc.)]; Doric dialect 1st pers. plural ὀμιώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 183)]; later future ὀμόσω [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.201 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 23, etc.)]: aorist ὤμοσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.253, etc.)]; Epic dialect ὤμοσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.313; _Epic dialect_ also without augment ὄμοσα, -οσσα, 19.113, 10.328)]: perfect ὀμώμοκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 612, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1471, etc.)]: pluperfect ὠμωμόκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.35, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.16, 19.318)]:—middle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.26.3)], aorist participle ὀμοσάμενος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 531.28 (Dyme, 3rd c.BC), “IG” 5(2).357.11 (from Stymphalus), also in compounds ἀντ-, ἀπ-, δι-, ὑπ-)]:—passive, future ὀμοσθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.34)]: aorist ὠμόσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.4.10, (ὑπ-) 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 202; but ὠμόθην 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.40, (ὑπ-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 48.25)]: perfect 3rd.pers. singular ὀμώμοται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1284, ὀμώμοσται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 816, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377a11)]; 3rd.pers. plural ὀμώμονται Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98)]; participle ὀμωμοσμένος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.10, 22.4, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377b7 (ὠμοσμένος see reading in 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 83, etc.))]:—swear, with accusative cognate, ὀμνυέτω δέ τοι ὅρκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.175, +others; ὅτις κ᾽ ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσῃ 3.279; ἑκὼν ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 282: with _dative_ _person_, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον.. ὅρκον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.108, +others; πρός τινα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.331, 19.288)]:—passive, ὀμώμοται γὰρ ὅοκος ἐκ θεῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1284; ὅρκων ὀμωμος μένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 7.10; εἰ ὀμώμοσται οὗτος [ὁ ὅρκος] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1377a11, compare b7.)]
II swear to a thing, affirm or confirm by oath,
II.1 followed by accusative, ταῦτα δ᾽ ἐγὼν ἐθέλω ὀμόσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.187, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1145, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.11)]; ὄ. τὰς σπονδάς Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47; τὴν εἰρήνην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.32, compare 9.16; θεῶν πίστεις τινί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30, etc.)]
II.2 followed by future infinitive, swear that one will.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.373, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 623, 941)] (present infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.188 codices): frequently with ἦ μέν, _Attic dialect_ ἦ μήν,)] preceding the infinitive, καί μοι ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι.. ἀρήξειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.76, compare 10.321, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 31.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.26, etc.: also by)]aorist infinitive and ἄν, [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 7.7.40)]: by present infinitive, swear that one does.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 357)]: by perfect infinitive, swear that one has.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.119; ὤμνυς μὴ γεγονέναι 5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus 6)]: by aorist infinitive, swear that one did.., ὀμνύουσι μὴ 'κπιεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ μίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.9, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.179)](aorist infinitive is perhaps used, without ἄν, in future sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.170 (assuming variant)))]: sometimes a clause follows in the indicative, ὀμνύω.., ἦ μὴν ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.1.31; ὄμνυμί σοι.., οὐκ ἤθελον.. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Adon.” 22.)]
II.3 absolutely, εἶπον ὀμόσας ἄν I would have given my word of honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 215d.)]
III with accusative of the person or thing sworn by, swear by, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον ἀάατον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.271; γαιήοχον ἐννοσίγαιον ὄμνυθι 23.585, compare 15.40, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 529, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1185, etc.; ὀμωμοκὼς τοὺς θεούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.217)]; ὄμνυμι θεοὺς καὶ θεάς followed by infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.17, compare 6.1.31: rarely with _dative_, τῷ γὰρ ὄμνυτ᾽)]; ἢ σιδαρέοισ; [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 248: in Prose also with Preps., ὀ. καθ᾽ ἱερῶν τελείων Legal cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47; κατ᾽ ἐξωλείας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.119; κατὰ τῆς Πολιάδος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 32; εἰς τὸν Οὐιτέλλιον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Otho” 18; ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 38.20.5; ἐν Κυρίῳ LXX.Judg.21.7; ἐν τῷ ναῷ NT.Matt.23.16:—)]passive, ὀμώμοσται Ζεύς Zeus has been sworn by, adjured, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 816, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1241.)]