Lexical Definition

‎ὁμολογία‎ homología (hom-ol-og-ee'-ah) confession ^G:N-F
from the same as ‎ὁμολογέω‎

con- (pro-)fession, professed.

• acknowledgment

Abbott-Smith

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*;]
1. in cl., an agreement, assent, compact (in π., of a contract; Deiss., BS, 249).
2. confession (prob. always in an objective sense): II Co 9:13, I Ti 6:12, 13, He 3:1 4:14 10:13.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὁμολογία-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. [ὁμολογίαίας παραβαίνειν, διαλύειν, [prev. author] “Tht.” 183d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.175; τὰς ὁ. διαφυλάττειν [prev. author] 9.44; κατὰ τὰς ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 443a; παρὰ τὰς ὁ. [prev. author] “Cri.” 52d. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b especially in war, terms of peace, truce, or surrender, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁμολογίαίῃ ἐχρήσαντο, of the conquered, [ὁμολογίαίην προσεχώρησαν [prev. author] 7.156; τὴν ὁ. δέξασθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.10 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ὁμολογίαίην προκαλέεσθαι, of the conquerors, [ὁμολογίαίᾳ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν παραδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.90, compare 1.107. ">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 ὁμολογίαίαν Stoici, nos appellemus convenientiam, [ὁμολογίαίαν παντὸς τοῦ βίου “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.11. ">Refs 1st c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Jer.51.25*}