Strong G3141μαρτυρία

testimony

Transliteration
marturia
Pronunciation
mar-too-ree'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3144; evidence given (judicially or generally): - record report testimony witness.

Detailed definition

μαρτυρία, -ας, ἡ
(μαρτυρέω), [in LXX: Gen.31:47 R (גַּלְעֵד), Exo.20:16, Deu.5:20 (17), Pro.25:18, Psa.19:7 (עֵד, עֵדוּת), Pro.12:19, Sir.31:23-24, 4Ma.6:32 *;]
witness, testimony, evidence: Mrk.14:56, Luk.22:71, Jhn.5:34 19:35 21:24, 1Ti.3:7, Tit.1:13, 3Jn.12, Rev.11:7; with genitive subj., Mrk.14:59, Jhn.8:17 (LXX aliter), 1Jn.5:9; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Mrk.14:55; esp. of witness concerning Christ and divine things, Jhn.1:7 3:11, 32-33 5:32, 36 Rev.6:9; with genitive subj., Jhn.1:19 5:31 8:13-14, Act.22:18, 1Jn.5:9-11, Rev.12:11; with genitive obj., Rev.1:2, 9 12:17 19:10 20:4; μ. ἔχειν, Rev.6:9 12:17 19:10.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3141 appears in 33 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • testimony13
  • witness13
  • record7
  • report1

First verses

  1. Mark 14:55
    And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
  2. Mark 14:56
    For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.
  3. Mark 14:59
    But neither so did their witness agree together.
  4. Luke 22:71
    And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
  5. John 1:7
    The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
  6. John 1:19
    And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
  7. John 3:11
    Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
  8. John 3:32
    And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
  9. John 3:33
    He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
  10. John 5:31
    If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
  11. John 5:32
    There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
  12. John 5:34
    But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
  13. John 5:36
    But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
  14. John 8:13
    The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
  15. John 8:14
    Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
  16. John 8:17
    It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
  17. John 19:35
    And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
  18. John 21:24
    This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
  19. Acts 22:18
    And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
  20. 1 Timothy 3:7
    Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μαρτῠρ-ία, ἡ,
testimony, Διονύσου μαρτυρίῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.325, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 282 (_plural_): frequently both _sing._ and _plural_, μ. τινός)] his evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.7; μ. παρέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179b; εἰς μ. κληθῆναι [prev. author] “Lg.” 937a)]; μαρτυριῶν ἀπέχεσθαι to refuse to give evidence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1316; ἐμβάλλεσθαι μ. ψευδῆ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.31)]; γράφειν μ. τινί serve him with a subpoena, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.45; μ. ἔχειν παρά τινων ἔκ τινων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1338a36)]: in non-legal sense, commendation, πάσης μ. ἐπιτήδειον (in sense of ἄξιον) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“SIG” 1073.17 (Olympia, 2nd c.AD))]: in plural, demonstrations of favour, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (POxy. 41.18 (3rd-4th c.AD).)]
II Astrology texts, aspect, Vett. Val.5.5, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.532, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.124, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Paraphrasis Ptolemaei Tetrabiblou” 255.)]