Words the Bible translates as profess
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- homologeōὁμολογέωto confess or profess: to declare openly and on the record where one stands, owning allegiance to a person or affirming a truth as one's own before others
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- to acknowledge or admit: to grant that something is true, whether a fact one concedes or a wrong one owns up to
- to promise: to bind oneself by a stated pledge to do something
- to praise: to give God thanks out loud, openly acknowledging his name in worship
- epangellōἐπαγγέλλωto profess: to lay public claim to a quality, skill, or knowledge, presenting oneself as having it
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- to promise: to declare, with a commitment that binds the speaker, that one will give or do something
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