G3140 – martureo – μαρτυρέω – to testify, bear witness
- Strong’s ID:
- G3140
- Greek Word:
- μαρτυρέω
- Transliteration:
- martyreō / martureo
- Pronunciation:
- mar-too-reh’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- from G3144
- Usage Count:
- 79
- Search:
- Find “martureo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
to testify, bear witness (as in court)
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G3144; to be witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively):—charge, give [evidence], bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration
1a) to give (not to keep back) testimony
1b) to utter honourable testimony, give a good report
1c) conjure, implore
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.