ἐξομολογέομαι

ἐξ-ομολογέω, -ῶ and depon. mid., -έομαι, -οῦμαι

[as always in LXX chiefly for יָדָה hi. ;]

1. act. = cl. ὁμολογέω, to profess or agree to do (Field, Notes, 75): Luk.22:6.

2. Mid., to acknowledge, confess (MM, Exp., xiv): τ. ἁμαρτίας, Mat.3:6, Mrk.1:5, Jas.5:16; τ. πράξεις, Act.19:18; before ὅτι, Php.2:11; with dative of person(s), to make acknowledgment to one's honour, to praise, give praise to (as in LXX; Kennedy, Sources, 118): Rom.14:11(LXX) Rom.15:9 (LXX); before ὅτι, Mat.11:25, Luk.10:21 (Cremer, 771).†

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