Word Summary
epiorkos: sworn falsely, a perjurer
Original Word: ἐπίορκοςTransliteration: epiorkos
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee'-or-kos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: sworn falsely, a perjurer
Meaning: sworn falsely, a perjurer
Strong's Concordance
perjurer
From epi and horkos; on oath, i.e. (falsely) a forswearer -- perjured person.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK horkos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1965: ἐπίορκοςἐπίορκος,
ἐπιορκον (from
ἐπί (which see D. 7) against, and
ὅρκος); (masculine as a substantive)
a false swearer, a perjurer:
1 Timothy 1:10. (From
Homer down.)