Quick Definition
ὁμολογία, ας, ἡ n.f. a profession, confession
Strong's Definition
acknowledgment
Derivation: from the same as G3670 (ὁμολογέω);
KJV Usage: con- (pro-)fession, professed
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ὁμοιόω + λέγω
33.274 · Communication · Profess Allegiance
confession act of expressing openly one’s allegiance to a proposition or person It is often extremely difficult, if not impossible, to translate ὁμολογέω[a], ὁμολογία, and ἐξομολογέω[b] by the usual expression for ‘confess,’ since this would usually imply that one has done something wrong. It is normally necessary, therefore, to employ quite a different type of relationship, usually involving a public utterance and an expression of confidence or allegiance. For example, in MAT 10:32 it may be necessary to translate ‘whoever tells people publicly that he is loyal to me, I will tell my Father that I am loyal to that person.’ Similarly, in HEB 10:23 one may translate ‘let us hold on to the hope in which we have told people we have such confidence.’ Likewise, in ROM 15:9 one may translate ‘therefore I will tell the Gentiles how I have put my confidence in you.’
2CO 9:13 · 1TI 6:12 · 1TI 6:13 · HEB 3:1 · HEB 4:14 · HEB 10:23
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὁμολογία, -as, 7, (ὁμολογέω, q. ν. [ef. W. 35 (34)]), in the N. T. profession [R. V. uniformly confession]; ἃ. subjectively: ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολ. ἡμῶν. i. e. Whom we profess (to be ours), Heb. iii. 1 [but al. refer this to b.]. b. objectively, profession [confession ] i.e. what one professes [confesses]: Heb. iv. 14; 1 Tim. vi. 12 (see ὁμολογέω, 3) ; 13 (see paprupew, a. p. 391"); τῆς ἐλπίδος, the substance of our profession, which we embrace with hope, Heb. x. 23; εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, relative to the gospel, 2 Co. ix. 13 (translate, for the obedience ye render to what ye profess concerning the gospel; cf. ἡ εἰς τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ Χριστὸν ὁμολογία, Justin M. dial. ο. Tryph. c.47,— ἃ constr. occasioned perhaps by ἡ eis τὸν Χριστὸν πίστες, Col. ii. 5; [ef. W. 381 (357)]). [(Hdt., Plat., al.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὁμολογία homologia 6x
assent, consent; profession, 2 Cor. 9:13; 1 Tim. 6:12, 13; Heb. 3:1; 4:14; 10:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὁμολογία, -ας, ἡ
(< ὁμολογέω), [in LXX: De 12:6, 17, Am 4:5, Ez 46:12 (נְדָבָה), Le 22:18, Je 51 (44):25 (נֶדֶר), I Es 9:8*;]
in cl., an agreement, assent, compact (in π., of a contract; Deiss., BS, 249).
confession (prob. always in an objective sense): II Co 9:13, I Ti 6:12, 13, He 3:1 4:14 10:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὁμολογία (homologia) — confession. ὁμολογ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, agreement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὁ. verbal consistency, [Refs]
2. assent, admission, concession, τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὁ. by my admission, [Refs]; ἐξ ὁ. διαλέγεσθαι argue from premises agreed upon or granted, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. agreement, compact, συνθήκη καὶ ὁ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. b especially in war, terms of peace, truce, or surrender, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁμολογίῃ ἐχρήσαντο, of the conquered, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὁμολογίην προκαλέεσθαι, of the conquerors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. c in Law, contract, agreement, συγγραφὴ καὶ ὁ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ. τινὸς πρός τινα [Refs 1st c.AD+]
4. vow, [LXX]
5. in Stoic Philos., conformity with nature, summum.. bonum, cum positum sit in eo quod ὁμολογίαν Stoici, nos appellemus convenientiam, [Refs 1st c.BC+]