STRONGS NUMBER G1843


Word Summary
exomologeō: to agree, confess
Original Word: ἐξομολογέω
Transliteration: exomologeō
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-om-ol-og-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to agree, confess
Meaning: to agree, confess
Strong's Concordance
confess, profess, promise.

From ek and homologeo; to acknowledge or (by implication, of assent) agree fully -- confess, profess, promise.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK homologeo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1843: ἐξομολογέω

ἐξομολογέω, ἐξομολόγω: 1 aorist ἐξωμολόγησα; middle, (present εξ( ὀμολογοῦμαι); future ἐξομολογήσομαί; (1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular ἐξομολογήσηται, Philippians 2:11 R G L text Tr text WH); (ἐξ either forth from the heart, freely, or publicly, openly (cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (97))); active and deponent middle to confess, to profess;

1. to confess: τάς ἁμαρτίας, Matthew 3:6; Mark 1:5; (James 5:16 L T Tr WH) (Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 6; (cf. b. j. 5, 10, 5; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 51, 3 [ET]; the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 12 [ET])); τάς πράξεις, Acts 19:18; τά παραπτώματα, James 5:16 R G; (ἡτταν, Plutarch, Eum c. 17; τήν ἀλήθειαν ἄνευ βασάνων, id. Anton c. 59).

2. to profess i. e. to acknowledge openly and joyfully: τό ὄνομα τίνος, Revelation 3:5 Rec.; followed by ὅτι, Philippians 2:11; with the dative of person (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 176 (153)) to one's honor, i. e. to celebrate, give praise to (so the Sept. for לְ הודָה, Psalm 29:5 (); Psalm 105:47 (); Psalm 121:4 (), etc.; (Winer's Grammar, 32)): Romans 14:11; Romans 15:9 from Psalm 17:50 () (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 61, 3 [ET]); τίνι (the dative of person) followed by ὅτι: Matthew 11:25; Luke 10:21. to profess that one will do something, to promise, agree, engage: Luke 22:6 (Lachmann omits); (in this sense the Greeks and Josephus use ὁμολογεῖν).