Gloss
to testify, give testimony; commend, speak well of, vouch for
Forms of the word
Dictionary
μαρτυρέω
Greek transliteration
martyreō
Simplified transliteration
martyreo
Principal Parts
(ἐμαρτύρουν), μαρτυρήσω, ἐμαρτύρησα, μεμαρτύρηκα, μεμαρτύρημαι, ἐμαρτυρήθην
Numbers
Strong's number
3140
GK Number
3455
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
76
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Definition
trans. to testify, depose, Jn. 3:11, 32; 1 Jn. 1:2; Rev. 1:2; 22:20; absol. to give evidence, Jn. 18:23; to bear testimony, testify, Lk. 4:22; Jn. 1:7, 8; to bear testimony in confirmation, Acts 14:3; to declare distinctly and formally, Jn. 4:44; pass. to be the subject of testimony, to obtain attestation to character, Acts 6:3; 10:22; 1 Tim. 5:10; Heb. 11:2, 4; mid. equivalent to μαρτύρομαι, to make a solemn appeal, Acts 26:22; 1 Thess. 2:12
Greek-English Concordance for μαρτυρέω
| 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. |
