Words the Bible translates as swear
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- omnumiὄμνυμιto swear an oath: to make a solemn promise or statement binding by calling on God, or on something sacred, as its guarantor
- shavaשָׁבַעto bind yourself by a solemn oath, or to put someone else under one
- alahאָלָהto swear under a curse: to bind a promise or a claim with a curse on whoever breaks or defies it, or to lay such an oath on someone else.
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