Word Study · Strong's G3141 · Greek
μαρτυρία
martyria
mar-too-ree'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: martyría
“evidence given (judicially or genitive case)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
evidence given (judicially or genitive case)
Rendered in the KJV as
record, report, testimony, witness.
- 37occurrencesin the New Testament
- 9 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 37 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- μαρτυρίαν19
- μαρτυρία15
- μαρτυρίας2
- μαρτυρίαι1
How it is rendered · 6
- testimony32
- a testimony1
- a witness1
- of witness1
- testimonies1
- witness1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular19
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular15
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF · 19
- N-NSF · 15
- N-GSF · 2
- N-NPF · 1
All 37, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Mark3 occurrences
- Mark 14:55μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularNow the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.here: testimony
- Mark 14:56μαρτυρίαιmarturiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluralFor many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.here: testimonies
- Mark 14:59μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularBut even their testimony was inconsistent.here: testimony
John14 occurrences
- John 1:7μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularHe came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.here: a witness
- John 1:19μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”here: testimony
- John 3:11μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularTruly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.here: witness
- John 3:32μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularHe testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.here: testimony
- John 3:33μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.here: testimony
- John 5:31μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularIf I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.here: testimony
- John 5:32μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThere is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.here: testimony
- John 5:34μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularEven though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.here: testimony
- John 5:36μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBut I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.here: testimony
- John 8:13μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularSo the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”here: testimony
- John 8:14μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularJesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.here: testimony
- John 8:17μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularEven in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.here: testimony
- John 19:35μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThe one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.here: testimony
- John 21:24μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThis is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.here: testimony
1 John6 occurrences
- 1 John 5:9μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularEven if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.here: testimony
- 1 John 5:9μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularEven if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.here: testimony
- 1 John 5:9μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularEven if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.here: testimony
- 1 John 5:10μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.here: testimony
- 1 John 5:10μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.here: testimony
- 1 John 5:11μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.here: testimony
Revelation9 occurrences
- Revelation 1:2μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularwho testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.here: testimony
- Revelation 1:9μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularI, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.here: testimony
- Revelation 6:9μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.here: testimony
- Revelation 11:7μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.here: testimony
- Revelation 12:11μαρτυρίαςmarturiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThey have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.here: testimony
- Revelation 12:17μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.here: testimony
- Revelation 19:10μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSo I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”here: testimony
- Revelation 19:10μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularSo I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”here: testimony
- Revelation 20:4μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.here: testimony