Strong’s G3727 · Greek
ὅρκος
hórkos
Definition
perhaps akin to G3725 (ὅριον)); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath)
Etymology
from (a fence;
Where the KJV renders it
- oath
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