μαρτυρέω

Vocabulary form:

marturevw

Definition:

I bear witness, testify

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

GK:

3455

Root:

marture

Forms:

(ejmartuvroun), marturhvsw, ejmartuvrhsa, memartuvrhka, memartuvrhmai, ejmarturhvqhn

Cognates:

A martyr is one who witnesses to the faith by dying.
The cognate noun mavrtuV means witness.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 23:31	By saying this you testify (martyreite \| μαρτυρεῖτε \| pres act ind 2 pl) against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 4:22	They (emartyroun \| ἐμαρτύρουν \| imperf act ind 3 pl) were (emartyroun \| ἐμαρτύρουν \| imperf act ind 3 pl) all bearing (emartyroun \| ἐμαρτύρουν \| imperf act ind 3 pl) witness to him in that they were marveling at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. Then they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”
John 1:7	He came as a witness to bear testimony (martyrēsē \| μαρτυρήσῃ \| aor act subj 3 sg) about the light so that everyone might believe through him.
John 1:8	He was not the light, but came to bear testimony (martyrēsē \| μαρτυρήσῃ \| aor act subj 3 sg) about the light.
John 1:15	John testified (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) about him and cried out, saying, “This is he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I, because he existed before me.’”
John 1:32	Then John testified (emartyrēsen \| ἐμαρτύρησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), saying, “I saw the Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
John 1:34	I myself saw it, and I bear witness (memartyrēka \| μεμαρτύρηκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) that this man is the Chosen One of God.”
John 2:25	and because he had no need that anyone should give evidence (martyrēsē \| μαρτυρήσῃ \| aor act subj 3 sg) concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man.
John 3:11	“I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify (martyroumen \| μαρτυροῦμεν \| pres act ind 1 pl) about (martyroumen \| μαρτυροῦμεν \| pres act ind 1 pl) what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.
John 3:26	So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the far side of the Jordan, the one to whom you bore witness (memartyrēkas \| μεμαρτύρηκας \| perf act ind 2 sg) — well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
John 3:28	You yourselves bear (martyreite \| μαρτυρεῖτε \| pres act ind 2 pl) me witness (martyreite \| μαρτυρεῖτε \| pres act ind 2 pl) that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I am the one sent ahead of him.’
John 3:32	He (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) bears (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) witness (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) to (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his testimony.
John 4:39	Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman had said when she testified (martyrousēs \| μαρτυρούσης \| pres act ptcp gen sg fem), “He told me everything I ever did.”
John 4:44	(for Jesus himself had testified (emartyrēsen \| ἐμαρτύρησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) that a prophet has no honor in his own country).
John 5:31	“If I bear witness (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act subj 1 sg) about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
John 5:32	There is another who bears witness (martyrōn \| μαρτυρῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) about me, and I know that the witness that he (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) bears (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) about me is true.
John 5:33	You have sent messengers to John, and he has borne witness (memartyrēken \| μεμαρτύρηκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) to the truth.
John 5:36	But I have a witness greater than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) about me that the Father has sent me.
John 5:37	And the Father who sent me has (memartyrēken \| μεμαρτύρηκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) himself borne witness (memartyrēken \| μεμαρτύρηκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,
John 5:39	“You study the Scriptures because you think that by them you will have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness (martyrousai \| μαρτυροῦσαι \| pres act ptcp nom pl fem) about me,
John 7:7	The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I am bearing (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) witness against it that its works are evil.
John 8:13	Therefore the Pharisees said to him, “You are (martyreis \| μαρτυρεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) bearing (martyreis \| μαρτυρεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) witness (martyreis \| μαρτυρεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) about yourself; your testimony is not valid.”
John 8:14	Jesus answered them, saying, “Even if I am bearing witness (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act subj 1 sg) about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on the other hand, do not know where I come from or where I am going.
John 8:18	I am one who bears witness (martyrōn \| μαρτυρῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) about myself, and the Father who sent me also bears (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) witness about me.”
John 10:25	Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, yet you do not believe. The works that I am doing in my Father’s name speak (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) on my behalf.
John 12:17	The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued (emartyrei \| ἐμαρτύρει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) to (emartyrei \| ἐμαρτύρει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) bear (emartyrei \| ἐμαρτύρει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) witness (emartyrei \| ἐμαρτύρει \| imperf act ind 3 sg).
John 13:21	After saying these things, Jesus became troubled in spirit, and testified (emartyrēsen \| ἐμαρτύρησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”
John 15:26	“But when the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness (martyrēsei \| μαρτυρήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) about me.
John 15:27	And you also are to bear witness (martyreite \| μαρτυρεῖτε \| pres act ind 2 pl) because you have been with me from the beginning.
John 18:23	Jesus replied, “If I spoke incorrectly, testify (martyrēson \| μαρτύρησον \| aor act imperative 2 sg) about the error; but if I spoke correctly, why do you hit me?”
John 18:37	Therefore Pilate said to him, “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king! The reason for which I was born and have come into the world, is that I should bear (martyrēsō \| μαρτυρήσω \| aor act subj 1 sg) witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
John 19:35	(The man who saw this has borne (memartyrēken \| μεμαρτύρηκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) witness to it so that you too may believe. His witness is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth.)
John 21:24	This is the disciple who is bearing (martyrōn \| μαρτυρῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) witness about these things and who wrote these things, and we know that his witness is true.
Acts 6:3	Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good standing (martyroumenous \| μαρτυρουμένους \| pres pass ptcp acc pl masc), full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to carry out this responsibility.
Acts 10:22	And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright man and one who fears God, who is well spoken (martyroumenos \| μαρτυρούμενος \| pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) of by the whole nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.”
Acts 10:43	To him all the prophets bear (martyrousin \| μαρτυροῦσιν \| pres act ind 3 pl) witness, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Acts 13:22	After removing him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he said by way of testimony: (martyrēsas \| μαρτυρήσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do everything I want him to.’
Acts 14:3	So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out boldly about the Lord, who witnessed (martyrounti \| μαρτυροῦντι \| pres act ptcp dat sg masc) to the message of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done through their hands.
Acts 15:8	And God, who knows the heart, confirmed (emartyrēsen \| ἐμαρτύρησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) this, by giving the Holy Spirit to them just as he did to us,
Acts 16:2	He was well attested (emartyreito \| ἐμαρτυρεῖτο \| imperf pass ind 3 sg) by the brothers at Lystra and Iconium.
Acts 22:5	as also the high priest and the whole council of elders can (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) bear (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) me witness (martyrei \| μαρτυρεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg). From them I received letters to the brothers, and I went toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
Acts 22:12	“Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well (martyroumenos \| μαρτυρούμενος \| pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,
Acts 23:11	The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so must you also testify (martyrēsai \| μαρτυρῆσαι \| aor act inf ) in Rome.”
Acts 26:5	for they have known from the first, if they are willing to go on record (martyrein \| μαρτυρεῖν \| pres act inf ), that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest party of our religious system.
Acts 26:22	Obtaining help, therefore, from God, until this day I have stood testifying (martyromenos \| μαρτυρόμενος \| pres mid ptcp nom sg masc) both to small and great, saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
Romans 3:21	But now, apart from the law (although (martyroumenē \| μαρτυρουμένη \| pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) attested (martyroumenē \| μαρτυρουμένη \| pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) by the law and the prophets) the righteousness of God has been disclosed.
Romans 10:2	For I bear them witness (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
1 Corinthians 15:15	Beyond that, we are even found to be false witnesses about God, because we have borne witness (emartyrēsamen \| ἐμαρτυρήσαμεν \| aor act ind 1 pl) about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
2 Corinthians 8:3	For — as I (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) can (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) testify (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) — they gave according to their means, and even beyond their means; acting spontaneously,
Galatians 4:15	What then became of the blessing you enjoyed? For I testify (martyrō \| μαρτυρῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me!

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