μαρτυρέω martureō · G3140

to testify

μαρτυρέω, -ῶ; (μάρτυς), [in LXX chiefly for עֵד (עֵד (Gen.31:47-48, al.), also for עוּד hi. (Gen.43:3, La 2:13), עָנָה (Num.35:30) ; ] ; (a) prop., to be a witness, bear witness, testify: absol. (find., al.), Jhn.15:27, Act.26:5; parenthetical (Bl., § 79, 7; MM, xvi), 2Co.8:3; with dative of person(s) (comm. and incomm.; El., § 37, 2), Act.22:5, Heb.10:15; id. before ὅτι, Mat.23:31, Rom.10:2, al.; accusative and inf., Act.10:43; with accusative of thing(s) (cl.), Jhn.3:11, Rev.22:16, 20; with accusative cogn., before περί, Jhn.5:32, 1Jn.5:10; with dative of thing(s), Jhn.5:33, Act.14:3, al.; before περί, with genitive (of person(s) and of thing(s)), Jhn.1:7-8, 15 2:25 18:23 21:24, al.; id. …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

μαρτῠρ-έω, ; future -ήσω []:—passive, future μαρτυρηθήσομαι []; μαρτυρήσομαι in passive sense, []aorist ἐμαρτυρήθην: perfect μεμαρτύρημαι [], used in active sense, []:—bear witness, give evidence:—Constr.: ; 1 absolutely, []; 2 with dative person, bear witness to or in favour of another, confirm what he says, []; μαρτυρέει μοι τῇ γνώμῃ, ὅτι.. bears witness to my opinion, that.., []; especially bear favourable witness to, give a good report of a person, []; πάντες ἐμαρτύρουν αὐτῷ []; 3 with …

Where it's used 77 times

Matthew 23:31 · Luke 4:22 · John 1:7 · John 1:8 · John 1:15 · John 1:32 · John 1:34 · John 2:25 · John 3:11 · John 3:26 · John 3:28 · John 3:32 · John 4:39 · John 4:44 · John 5:31 · John 5:32 · John 5:33 · John 5:36 · John 5:37 · John 5:39 · John 7:7 · John 8:13 · John 8:14 · John 8:18 · John 10:25 · John 12:17 · John 13:21 · John 15:26 · John 15:27 · John 18:23 · John 18:37 · John 19:35 · John 21:24 · Acts 6:3 · Acts 10:22 · Acts 10:43 · Acts 13:22 · Acts 14:3 · Acts 15:8 · Acts 16:2 · Acts 22:5 · Acts 22:12 · Acts 23:11 · Acts 26:5 · Romans 3:21 · Romans 10:2 · 1 Corinthians 15:15 · 2 Corinthians 8:3 · Galatians 4:15 · Colossians 4:13 · 1 Timothy 5:10 · 1 Timothy 6:13 · Hebrews 7:8 · Hebrews 7:17 · Hebrews 10:15 · Hebrews 11:2 · Hebrews 11:4 · Hebrews 11:5 · Hebrews 11:39 · 1 John 1:2 … and 17 more

Source: TBESG G3140; TFLSJ G3140

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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