Dictionaries :: Adjure

King James Dictionary

Adjure: To Appeal to Earnestly; to Command.

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I ADJURE thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. (Matthew 26:63)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Adjure:

"to cause to swear, to lay under the obligation of an oath" (horkos, Mar 5:7; Act 19:13), is connected with the Heb. word for a thigh, cp. Gen 24:2, 9; 47:29. Some mss. have this word in 1Th 5:27. The most authentic have No. 3 (below).
See CHARGE.

Adjure:

an intensive form of No. 1, signifies "to appeal by an oath, to adjure," Mat 26:63. In the Sept., Gen 24:3; Jdg 17:2; 1Ki 22:16.

Adjure:

to put under (or bind by) an oath," is translated "adjure" in the RV of 1Th 5:27 (AV, "charge"). In the Sept., Neh 13:25.

Note: The synonymous verb omnumi signifies "to make an oath, to declare or promise with an oath." See, e.g., Mar 6:23, in contrast to Mar 5:7 (horkizo).
See OATH and SWEAR.