vow

The common characteristics described above set some broad guidelines while leaving the vower enough leeway for self-expression within the biblical tradition of vowing. The tradition was long in developing, and Jacob's vow is the first recorded in the Tanakh, predating the settlement in Egypt and the Exodus.

She adamantly opposes amnesty, vowing: "I will never support any law that would pardon military personnel accused of committing human rights abuses during the dictatorship."

State legislators in Indiana are angrily vowing to challenge a federal court ruling striking down the practice of sectarian prayers before the state House of Representatives.

In the second, the Baron's daughter, Amelia, rejects her falsely vowing suitor, Count Cassel, to accept betrothal to the truly vowing Anhalt.

Earlier this year, the IRS announced its renewed commitment to the office, vowing to quadruple the staff to 32.

According to Cartledge, the vow of Jacob puts the deity under obligation, an aspect of vowing which is missing from the general observations contained in his first chapter.