Greek · Strong's G3143
μαρτύρομαι
martyromaimar-too'-rom-ahee
to be adduced as a witness, i.e. (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation)
1890 spelling: martýromai
- μ40
- α1
- ρ100
- τ300
- υ400
- ρ100
- ο70
- μ40
- α1
- ι10
Isopsephy 1,062
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to be adduced as a witness, i.e. (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation)
Rendered in the KJV as
take to record, testify.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- μαρτύρομαι3
- μαρτυρόμενος1
How it is rendered · 2
- I testify3
- bearing witness1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · present deponent, statement · 1st person singular3
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PNI-1S · 3
- V-PNP-NSM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 20:26μαρτύρομαιmarturomaiverb · present deponent, statement · 1st person singularTherefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.here: I testify
- Acts 26:22μαρτυρόμενοςmarturomenosverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularBut I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:here: bearing witness