Strong G3143μαρτύρομαι
to testify
- Transliteration
- marturomai
- Pronunciation
- mar-too'-rom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from G3144; to be adduced as a witness that is (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation): - take to record testify.
Detailed definition
μαρτύρομαι
(μάρτυρ), [in LXX: Jdth.7:28, 1Ma.2:56 א)*;]
to summon as witness (M, Th., 25 f.; Hort., 1Pe., 53 f.; Lft., Notes, 29; Ga 203), hence,
__(a) to protest, affirm solemnly: before ὅτι, Act.20:26, Gal.5:3;
__(b) to adjure, beseech: with dative of person(s), Act.26:22; with accusative and inf., Eph.4:17; before εἰς, 1Th.2:12 (cf. δια-, προ-μαρτύρομαι).†
(AS)
(μάρτυρ), [in LXX: Jdth.7:28, 1Ma.2:56 א)*;]
to summon as witness (M, Th., 25 f.; Hort., 1Pe., 53 f.; Lft., Notes, 29; Ga 203), hence,
__(a) to protest, affirm solemnly: before ὅτι, Act.20:26, Gal.5:3;
__(b) to adjure, beseech: with dative of person(s), Act.26:22; with accusative and inf., Eph.4:17; before εἰς, 1Th.2:12 (cf. δια-, προ-μαρτύρομαι).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3143 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- testify2
- record1
- take1
First verses
- Acts 20:26Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
- Galatians 5:3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μαρτύρομαι [ῡ],
future μαρτῠροῦμαι (δια-) [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Psa.80(81).9 (codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor))]: aorist ἐμαρτῡράμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 47d, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.47)]:—call to witness, invoke, with accusative person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.29, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 813, etc.)]; especially of the gods, Ἄρτεμιν, γαῖαν καὶ θεούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1451, “Ph.” 626)]; δαίμονας, ὡς.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 619)]: with accusative et infinitive, ὑμᾶς δ᾽ ἀκούειν ταῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ μαρτύρομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 643, etc.: with)]participle, μαρτύρομαι τυπτόμενος I call you to witness that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1031, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 858 (troch.).)]
2 with accusative of things, call one to witness a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 528, “Pl.” 932.)]
3 protest, asseverate, μ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1222, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.80; ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place]: _absolutely_, μαρτύρομαι)] I protest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 926, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.15.)]
4 with accusative person et genitive of things, οἱ δὲ τῆς τῶν θεῶν.. παραγωγῆς τὸν Ὅμηρον μ. ὅτι.. cite Homer as a witness of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 364d; ἐμαυτὸν μ. τῆς φιλοτιμίας 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus)] [same place]; μ. τινὶ ὅτι.. [NT (NT.Gal.5.3)]; τοὺς ἀποστάντας μ. τῆς ἐπιορκίας remind them of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.129.)]
future μαρτῠροῦμαι (δια-) [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Psa.80(81).9 (codex 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor))]: aorist ἐμαρτῡράμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 47d, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.47)]:—call to witness, invoke, with accusative person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.29, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 813, etc.)]; especially of the gods, Ἄρτεμιν, γαῖαν καὶ θεούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1451, “Ph.” 626)]; δαίμονας, ὡς.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 619)]: with accusative et infinitive, ὑμᾶς δ᾽ ἀκούειν ταῦτ᾽ ἐγὼ μαρτύρομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 643, etc.: with)]participle, μαρτύρομαι τυπτόμενος I call you to witness that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1031, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 858 (troch.).)]
2 with accusative of things, call one to witness a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.44, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 528, “Pl.” 932.)]
3 protest, asseverate, μ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 1222, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.80; ταῦτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus [same place]: _absolutely_, μαρτύρομαι)] I protest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 926, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.15.)]
4 with accusative person et genitive of things, οἱ δὲ τῆς τῶν θεῶν.. παραγωγῆς τὸν Ὅμηρον μ. ὅτι.. cite Homer as a witness of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 364d; ἐμαυτὸν μ. τῆς φιλοτιμίας 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus)] [same place]; μ. τινὶ ὅτι.. [NT (NT.Gal.5.3)]; τοὺς ἀποστάντας μ. τῆς ἐπιορκίας remind them of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.129.)]