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μαρτυρέω
Vocabulary form:
marturevw
Definition:
I bear witness, testify
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
76
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! |
Mnemonics
We will μαρτυρέω into the
We will μαρτυρέω into the courtroom so that I can BEAR WITNESS and TESTIFY of your deeds.