Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
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Vow
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Acts 21:23
Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
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נֶדֶר
neder · neh'-der
28 times translated as this KJV form60 total Strong's occurrences
a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
Strong's KJV usage: vow(-ed).
Strong's first: Genesis 28:20Strong's last: Isaiah 19:21
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nâdar · naw-dar'
10 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
Strong's KJV usage: (make a) vow.
Strong's first: Numbers 6:2Strong's last: Isaiah 19:21
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euchḗ · yoo-khay'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a wish, expressed as a petition to God, or in votive obligation
Strong's KJV usage: :--prayer, vow.
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Strong's first: Acts 18:18Strong's last: Acts 21:23
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When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
H5087
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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vow
VOW, noun
1. A solemn promisemade to God, or by a pagan to his deity. The Roman generals when they went to war, sometimes made a vow that they would build a temple to some favorite deity, if he would give them victory. A vow is a promise of something to be given or done hereafter.
A person is constituted a religious by taking three vows, of chastity, of poverty, and of obedience. Among the Isrealites, the vows of children were not binding, unless ratified by the express or tacit consent of their father. Numbers 30:2.
2. A solemn promise; as the vows of unchangeable love and fidelity. In a moral and religious sense, vows are promises to God, as they appeal to God to witness their sincerity, and the violation of them is a most heinous offense.
VOW, verb transitive
1. To give, consecrate or dedicate to God by a solemn promise. When Jacob went to Mesopotamia, he vowed to God a tenth of this substance, and his own future devotion to his service. Genesis 28:20.
When thou vowest a vow defer not to pay it. Ecclesiastes 5:4.
2. To devote.
VOW, verb intransitive To make vows or solemn promises. He that vows, must be careful to perform.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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