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. before ὅτι, Jhn.5:36 7:7; ὅτι, Jhn.1:34 4:44 al.; ὅτι recit., Jhn.4:39; κατά before ὅτι, 1Co.15:15; pass., Heb.7:8; ptcp., Rom.3:21; impers., Heb.7:17; (b) in late Gk., to witness favourably, give a good report, approve (Bl., § 54, 3; MM, xvi; Deiss., BS, 265): with dative of person(s), Luk.4:22; before ἐπί with dative of thing(s), Heb.11:4; pass., Act.6:3; before ἐν, 1Ti.5:10, Heb.11:2; διά, with genitive of thing(s), Heb.11:39; with genitive of person(s), Act.10:22, al.; impers., III Jn 12 (cf. ἐπι, συν-επι-, κατα-, συν-μαρτυρέω) (AS)
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G3140 — μαρτυρέω
martureō · to testify · Greek
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Matthew 23:31 · μαρτυρεῖτεWherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.Luke 4:22 · ἐμαρτύρουνAnd all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?John 1:7 · μαρτυρήσῃThe same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.John 1:8 · μαρτυρήσῃHe was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.John 1:15 · μαρτυρεῖJohn bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.John 1:32 · ἐμαρτύρησενAnd John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.John 1:34 · μεμαρτύρηκαAnd I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.John 2:25 · μαρτυρήσῃAnd needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.John 3:11 · μαρτυροῦμεν,Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.John 3:26 · μεμαρτύρηκας,And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.John 3:28 · μαρτυρεῖτεYe yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.John 3:32 · μαρτυρεῖ,And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.John 4:39 · μαρτυρούσηςAnd many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.John 4:44 · ἐμαρτύρησενFor Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.John 5:31 · μαρτυρῶIf I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.John 5:32 · μαρτυρῶν · μαρτυρεῖThere is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.John 5:33 · μεμαρτύρηκενYe sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.John 5:36 · μαρτυρεῖBut 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.John 5:37 · μεμαρτύρηκενAnd the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.John 5:39 · μαρτυροῦσαιSearch the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.John 7:7 · μαρτυρῶThe world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.John 8:13 · μαρτυρεῖς·The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.John 8:14 · μαρτυρῶJesus 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.John 8:18 · μαρτυρῶν · μαρτυρεῖI am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.John 10:25 · μαρτυρεῖJesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.John 12:17 · ἘμαρτύρειThe people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.John 13:21 · ἐμαρτύρησενWhen Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.John 15:26 · μαρτυρήσειBut when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:John 15:27 · μαρτυρεῖτε,And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.John 18:23 · μαρτύρησονJesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?John 18:37 · μαρτυρήσωPilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.John 19:35 · μεμαρτύρηκενAnd he that saw [it] bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.John 21:24 · μαρτυρῶνThis is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.Acts 6:3 · μαρτυρουμένουςWherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.Acts 10:22 · μαρτυρούμενόςAnd they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.Acts 10:43 · μαρτυροῦσινTo him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.Acts 13:22 · μαρτυρήσας·And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.Acts 14:3 · μαρτυροῦντιLong time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.Acts 15:8 · ἐμαρτύρησενAnd God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;Acts 16:2 · ἐμαρτυρεῖτοWhich was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.Acts 22:5 · μαρτυρεῖAs also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.Acts 22:12 · μαρτυρούμενοςAnd one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],Acts 23:11 · μαρτυρῆσαι.¶And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.Acts 26:5 · μαρτυρεῖνWhich knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.Romans 3:21 · μαρτυρουμένηBut now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;Romans 10:2 · μαρτυρῶFor I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.1 Corinthians 15:15 · ἐμαρτυρήσαμενYea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.2 Corinthians 8:3 · μαρτυρῶ,For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their] power [they were] willing of themselves;Galatians 4:15 · μαρτυρῶWhere is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.Colossians 4:13 · μαρτυρῶFor I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.1 Timothy 5:10 · μαρτυρουμένη,Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.1 Timothy 6:13 · μαρτυρήσαντοςI give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;Hebrews 7:8 · μαρτυρούμενοςAnd here men that die receive tithes; but there he [receiveth them], of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.Hebrews 7:17 · μαρτυρεῖταιFor he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.Hebrews 10:15 · μαρτυρεῖ[Whereof] the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,Hebrews 11:2 · ἐμαρτυρήθησανFor by it the elders obtained a good report.Hebrews 11:4 · ἐμαρτυρήθη · μαρτυροῦντοςBy faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.Hebrews 11:5 · μεμαρτύρηταιBy faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.Hebrews 11:39 · μαρτυρηθέντεςAnd these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:1 John 1:2 · μαρτυροῦμεν(For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)1 John 4:14 · μαρτυροῦμενAnd we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.1 John 5:6 · μαρτυροῦν,This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.1 John 5:7 · μαρτυροῦντες,For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.1 John 5:9 · μεμαρτύρηκενIf we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.1 John 5:10 · μεμαρτύρηκενHe that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.3 John 1:3 · μαρτυρούντωνFor I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.3 John 1:6 · ἐμαρτύρησάνWhich have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:3 John 1:12 · μεμαρτύρηται · μαρτυροῦμεν,Demetrius hath good report of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, and we [also] bear record; and ye know that our record is true.Revelation 1:2 · ἐμαρτύρησενWho bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.Revelation 22:16 · μαρτυρῆσαιI Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star.Revelation 22:18 · ΜαρτυρῶFor I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:Revelation 22:20 · μαρτυρῶνHe which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.