Definition

to assent, i.e. covenant, acknowledge

Etymology

from a compound of the base of G3674 (ὁμοῦ) and G3056 (λόγος);

Where the KJV renders it

• con- (pro-)fess
• confession is made
• give thanks
• promise

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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