To confess/profess
ὁμολογέωStrong’s G3670homologeō
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Homologeō is the Greek word usually translated “confess”, “confessing” and “shall confess”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”
Meaning
Usually translated “confess”, “confessing” and “shall confess”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- will confess 3
- confessing 3
- shall confess 2
- confesses 2
- i will declare 1
- he promised 1
- may confess 1
- he confessed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 John 5
- Matthew 3
- John 3
- Acts 3
- Romans 2
- Hebrews 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 1:16In contextThey profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
- 2 John 1:7In contextFor many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
- Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
- Matthew 10:32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
- Luke 12:8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
Greek dictionary
ὁμολογέω homologeō · to confess/profess
ὁμολογέω, -ῶ (ὁμόλογος, of one mind: Dan LXX Su 1:60 *), [in LXX: Job.40:9 (14) (יָדָה hi.), Jer.44:25 (נָדַר), al. ;] 1. to speak the same language (Hdt.). 2. to agree with (Hdt., Plat., al.). 3. to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.) : absol., Jhn.1:20 12:42; pass., Rom.10:10; before ὅτι, ib., Heb.11:13; with accusative of thing(s), Act.23:8, 1Jn.1:9, Rev.3:5; id. with dative of person(s), Act.24:14; with accusative cogn., 1Ti.6:12; with accusative of person(s), 1Jn.2:23 Jn 4:3; id. before pred. accusative (Bl., § 34, 5; 73, 5), Jhn.9:22, Rom.10:9, 1Jn.4:2 Jn 4:15, 2Jn.7; with inf. ( …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “confess” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONFESS', verb intransitive
To make confession; to disclose faults, or the state of the conscience; as, this man went to the priest to confess
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.