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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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
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All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.
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This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
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And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
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And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:
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And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
H5087
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
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If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
H5087
If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
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If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
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And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
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But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
H5088
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
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Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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