03727

@LINK ὅρκος

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3727. ὅρκος ὅρκος, ὁ, I. the object by which one swears, the witness of an oath, as the Styx among the gods, Hom., etc.:—hence,
2. an oath, id=Hom., etc.; ὅρκος θεῶν an oath by the gods, Od.; ὅρκον ὀμόσαι to swear an oath, Hom., etc.; ὅρκον ἐπιορκεῖν to take a false oath, Aeschin.; ὅρκον διδόναι καὶ δέξασθαι to tender an oath to another and accept the tender from him, Hdt., attic; ὅρκον ἀποδιδόναι to take an oath, ἀπολαμβάνειν to tender it, Dem.; so, ὅρκον διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν Arist.; ὅρκοις τινὰ καταλαμβάνειν to bind one by oaths, Thuc.; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν to abide by it, Eur.; εἶπαι ἐπ᾽ ὅρκου to say on oath, Hdt.
II. Ὅρκος, personified, son of Ἔρις, a divinity, who punishes the perjured, Hes., etc.
[ὅρκος was orig. equiv. to ἕρκος, as ὁρκάνη to ἑρκάνη, from ἔργω, εἴργω, properly, that which restrains from doing a thing.]

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3727. ὅρκος o&rkos horkos {hor'-kos}
from herkos (a fence; perhaps akin to 3725); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath):--oath. see GREEK for 3725

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3727 kapporeth kap-po'-reth

from 3722; a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred
Ark):--mercy seat.
see HEBREW for 03722