ὁμολογέω
homologeō
to confess/profess
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the data provided, the Greek word ὁμολογέω (homologeō) translates to "to confess/profess." This word has a wide range of usage throughout the Bible, appearing 26 times. In terms of its meaning, ὁμολογέω encompasses both the idea of confession (acknowledging something to be true) and profession (publicly declaring a personal stance or allegiance). The word's definition suggests a strong sense of agreement or affirmation, often implying a sense of faith or devotion. The frequency of its occurrence in the Bible underscores its significance, indicating that acknowledging and professing one's beliefs was a vital aspect of the ancient Jewish and early Christian communities' identity and practices.
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Occurrences in Scripture
26 total occurrences across the text
Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
Matthew 10:32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 10:32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
Luke 12:8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
Luke 12:8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
John 1:20He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”
John 1:20He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”
John 12:42Nevertheless even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue,
Acts 7:17“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.
Acts 24:14But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
Romans 10:9that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:10For with the heart, one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation.
1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Titus 1:16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
John 9:22His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hebrews 13:15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
1 John 4:2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
1 John 4:3and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
1 John 4:15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.
Revelation 3:5He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.