G3143: μαρτύρομαι
martýromai · “to testify”
Definition
to be adduced as a witness, i.e. (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation)
KJV translates it as: take to record, testify
Word origin: middle voice from G3144 (μάρτυς);
Extended definition
(μάρτυρ), [in LXX: Jdth.7:28, 1Ma.2:56 א)* ;]
to summon as witness (M, Th., 25 f.; Hort., 1Pe., 53 f.; Lft., Notes, 29; Ga 203), hence,
(a) to protest, affirm solemnly: before ὅτι, Act.20:26, Gal.5:3;
(b) to adjure, beseech: with dative of person(s), Act.26:22; with accusative and inf., Eph.4:17; before εἰς, 1Th.2:12 (cf. δια-, προ-μαρτύρομαι).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3143 is translated
- i testify ×3
- bearing witness ×1
Bible verses with G3143 (martýromai)
Martýromai appears in 4 verses.
- Acts 20:26
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
- Acts 26:22
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
- Galatians 5:3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
- Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,