Greek noun (feminine) · G3141
μαρτυρία
martyriamar-too-ree'-ah
testimony
37 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: martyría
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3141is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3141
evidence given (judicially or genitive case)
The King James renders it: record, report, testimony, witness.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
martyria is rendered "testimony". It stands 37 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
Mark 14:55μαρτυρίαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's thirty-seven uses are in John.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- testimony32
- a testimony1
- a witness1
- of witness1
- testimonies1
- witness1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μαρτυρέω | martyreo | to testify | Uses76 |
| μάρτυς | martys | witness | Uses35 |
| μαρτύριον | martyrion | testimony | Uses19 |
| μαρτύρομαι | martyromai | to testify | Uses4 |
All 37, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μαρτυρίαν19
- μαρτυρία15
- μαρτυρίας2
- μαρτυρίαι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular19N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular15N-NSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Mark
three uses
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
For many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.
- μαρτυρίαιmarturiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: testimonies
But even their testimony was inconsistent.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Luke
one use
“Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.”
- μαρτυρίαςmarturiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of witness
John
fourteen uses
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a witness
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Truly, 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: witness
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
But 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Jesus 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.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
The 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.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Acts
one use
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
1 Timothy
one use
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a testimony
Titus
one use
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
1 John
six uses
Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Whoever 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
3 John
one use
Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Revelation
nine uses
who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
I, 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
And 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
When 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
They 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.
- μαρτυρίαςmarturiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
And 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
So 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.”
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
- μαρτυρίαmarturianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Then 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.
- μαρτυρίανmarturiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: testimony
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.