μαρτυρέω martureō

Greek word for “to testify” · Strong’s G3140 · used 76 times in 72 verses

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Meaning

μαρτυρέω, -ῶ; (μάρτυς);

How it is translated

Glosses given for martureō in context, with how often each is used:

• bear witness 12
• bearing witness 9
• testified 7
• testify 5
• bears witness 4
• testifying 3
• has borne witness 3
• may testify 2
• bore witness 2
• have borne witness 2
• being borne witness to 2
• has testified 2

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 5 (6), John 1 (5), John 3 (4), Hebrews 11 (4), 1 John 5 (4), John 8 (3), 3 John 1 (3), Revelation 22 (3), John 4 (2), John 15 (2)

Forms

• μαρτυρεῖ 8
• μαρτυρῶ 7
• ἐμαρτύρησεν 5
• μεμαρτύρηκεν 5
• μαρτυροῦμεν 4
• μαρτυρῶν 4
• μαρτυρεῖτε 3
• μαρτυρήσῃ 3
• μαρτυρούμενος 2
• μαρτυρῆσαι 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with martureō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μαρτυρία marturia “testimony” 14
• περί peri “about” 20
• ἀληθής alēthēs “true” 7
• ὁράω horaō “to see” 6
• ἀλήθεια alētheia “truth” 6
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 7
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 7
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 6
• πατήρ patēr “father” 7
• Ἰωάννης Iōannēs “John” 5
• οἶδα oida “to know” 6
• κατά kata “according to” 7

Key verses

The verses using martureō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 1:34 — And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
• John 5:39 — Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
• John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
• Acts 10:22 — And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an…
• Acts 10:43 — To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
• Acts 13:22 — And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a…
• Romans 3:21 — But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
• Romans 10:2 — For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
• 1 Timothy 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the…
• 1 John 5:6 — This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the…
• 1 John 5:10 — He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God…
• Revelation 22:16 — I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.