| Lexical Summary exorkizō: to administer an oath, to adjureOriginal Word: ἐξορκίζω Transliteration: exorkizō Phonetic Spelling: (ex-or-kid'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to administer an oath, to adjure Meaning: to administer an oath, to adjure Strong's Concordanceadjure. From ek and horkizo; to exact an oath, i.e. Conjure -- adjure. see GREEK ek see GREEK horkizo Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 1844: ἐξορκίζω ἐξορκίζω; 1. to exact an oath, to force to an oath (Demosthenes, Polybius, Apollod., Diodorus, Plutarch, others), for which the earlier Greeks used ἐξορκόω (cf. Winer's Grammar, 102 (97)). 2. to adjure: τινα κατά τίνος, one by a person (cf.  κατά, I. 2 a.), followed by ἵνα (Buttmann, 237 (205)), Matthew 26:63; (Genesis 24:3). | 



