20 occurrences

'Confess' in the Bible

When he becomes guilty {in any of} these, he shall confess what he has sinned {regarding} it,

Verse ConceptsIncurring GuiltRepentance, Nature OfSin OfferingSin ConfessedConfession of sinGuiltconfessing

And Aaron shall place his two hands on the living goat's head, and he shall confess over it all the {Israelites}' iniquities and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat's head, and he shall send [it] away into the desert {with} a man [standing] ready.

Verse ConceptsWorship, Elements OfLaying On Of HandsAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristHands On HeadsDriving Out AnimalsLaying Hands On SacrificesSin Confessed

" 'But when they confess their guilt and the guilt of their ancestors in their infidelity that they displayed against me, and moreover that they went against me in hostility--

Verse ConceptsTreacherySin ConfessedConfession of sinForgiving Yourselfconfessingactinggrandfathers

they will confess their sin that they did and will make restitution [for] their guilt by adding a fifth {to it} and giving [it] {to whomever was wronged}.

Verse ConceptsFractions, One FifthSin Confessedconfessing

When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy {because} they sinned against you, and [when] they turn to you and confess your name and pray and beg for mercy from you in this house,

Verse ConceptsdefeatSin Brings Impoverishment

When you shut up the heavens so there is no rain because they have sinned against you, then they pray to this place and they confess your name and they return from their sin because you punished them,

Verse ConceptsLack Of RainSigns Of RepentanceSin Brings ImpoverishmentSin Producing Afflictions

"And if your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against you and they repent and confess your name and pray and plead before you in this house,

Verse Conceptsdefeat

"When the heavens are stopped up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you and they pray to this place and confess your name and turn back from their sin when you humble them,

Verse ConceptsClosing Up

(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear, Of PersecutionFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFear Of EnemiesBelieving In Christ

Yet despite that, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue.

Verse ConceptsSecret DiscipleshipCommitment, to Jesus ChristPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFearing Other PeopleThose Who Believed In ChristThose Who Did Not Tellconfessing

But I do confess this to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things [that are] in accordance with the law and that are written in the prophets,

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristHeresiesSectsWay, TheFaith, Object OfBelieving ProphetsTaking The Law To HeartWritten In The ProphetsWorshiping TogetherBeing DifferentbeliefconfessingChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, [of] which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

Verse ConceptsAntichristAntichrist, Described AsSpirit BeingsEnemies Of GodWithout GodSpirit Of AntichristDenial In End TimesLast HourSigns Of The TimesDivinityAcknowledgedatheismWorld Opposed To GodDenying God And His Power

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in [the] flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!

Verse ConceptsAntichristFalse Doctrine, Nature OfDocetismEnemies Of GodSpirit Of AntichristLast Hour

Bible Theasaurus

Acknowledge (102 instances)
Concede (2 instances)
Confess (76 instances)
Profess (16 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐξομολογέω 
Exomologeo 
Usage: 8

ὁμολογέω 
Homologeo 
Usage: 19

ὁμολογία 
Homologia 
Usage: 6