Dictionary entry

ὁμολογέω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ὁμολογέω, -ῶ

(< ὁμόλογος, of one mind: Da LXX Su 60*), [in LXX: Jb 40:9 (14) (ידה hi.), Je 51 (44):25 (נדר), al.;]

1. to speak the same language (Hdt.).

2. to agree with (Hdt., Plat., al.).

3. to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.): absol., Jo 1:2012:42; pass., Ro 10:10; seq. ὅτι, Ro 10:10, He 11:13; c. acc. rei, Ac 23:8, I Jo 1:9, Re 3:5; id. c. dat. pers., Ac 24:14; c. acc. cogn., I Ti 6:12; c. acc. pers., I Jo 2:234:3; id. seq. pred. acc. (Bl., § 34, 5; 73, 5), Jo 9:22, Ro 10:9, I Jo 4:2, 15, II Jo 7; c. inf. (M, Pr., 229), Tit 1:16; c. dat. pers. seq. ὅτι, Mt 7:23; seq. ἐν, c. dat. pers. (M, Pr., 104; Bl., § 41, 2), Mt 10:32, Lk 12:8.

4. to agree, promise: τ. ἐπαγγελίαν, Ac 7:17; c. inf. obj. (Bl., § 61, 3), Mt 14:7.

5. = ἐξμολογέω, to praise: He 13:15 (Westc., in l.). (Cf. ἀνθ-ομολογέομοι, ἐξομολογέω.)†