Definition
I bear witness, testify
Vocabulary Form
μαρτυρέω
Erasmian
Modern
Root
μαρτυρε
Frequency
76
GK
3455
Forms
(ἐμαρτύρουν), μαρτυρήσω, ἐμαρτύρησα, μεμαρτύρηκα, μεμαρτύρημαι, ἐμαρτυρήθην
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. |