3143. marturomai

Strong's Lexicon

marturomai: To testify, to bear witness, to affirm solemnly

Original Word: μαρτύρομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: marturomai
Pronunciation: mar-too'-rom-ahee
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-too'-rom-ahee)
Definition: To testify, to bear witness, to affirm solemnly
Meaning: (properly: I call (summon) to witness, and then absolutely) I testify, protest, asseverate; I conjure, solemnly charge.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word μάρτυς (martys), meaning "witness."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in the Old Testament is עוּד (uwd), Strong's Hebrew 5749, which means to bear witness or testify.

Usage: The verb "marturomai" is used in the New Testament to denote the act of bearing witness or testifying to the truth of a matter. It often carries a legal connotation, as in giving testimony in a court of law, but it is also used in a broader sense to affirm or declare something solemnly and earnestly. This term is frequently associated with the apostles and early Christians who testified to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, bearing witness was a crucial aspect of legal proceedings. A witness's testimony could determine the outcome of a trial. In the Jewish context, the testimony of two or three witnesses was required to establish a matter (Deuteronomy 19:15). The early Christians adopted this concept of witnessing to proclaim the gospel, often at great personal risk. The term "martyr," derived from the same root, came to describe those who bore witness to their faith even unto death.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from martus
Definition
to summon as witness, to affirm
NASB Translation
affirm (1), imploring (1), testify (2), testifying (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3143: μαρτύρομαι

μαρτύρομαι (from μάρτυρ (cf. μάρτυς));

1. to cite a witness, bring forward a witness, call to witness (Tragg., Thucydides, Plato, and following); to affirm by appeal to God, to declare solemnly, protest: ταῦτα, Plato, Phil., p. 47 c.; ὅτι, Acts 20:26; Galatians 5:3.

2. to conjure, beseech as in God's name, exhort solemnly: τίνι, Acts 26:22 L T Tr WH; followed by the accusative with the infinitive, Ephesians 4:17; εἰς τό followed by accusative with an infinitive (cf. Buttmann, § 140, 10, 3), 1 Thessalonians 2:12-11T Tr WH. (Compare: διαμαρτύρομαι, προμαρτύρομαι.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

take to record, testify.

Middle voice from martus; to be adduced as a witness, i.e. (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation) -- take to record, testify.

see GREEK martus

Forms and Transliterations

μαρτυρομαι μαρτύρομαι μαρτυρομενοι μαρτυρόμενοι μαρτυρομενος μαρτυρόμενος marturomai marturomenoi marturomenos martyromai martýromai martyromenoi martyrómenoi martyromenos martyrómenos

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 20:26 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: διότι μαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν ἐν
NAS: Therefore, I testify to you this day
KJV: I take you to record this day,
INT: Therefore I testify to you in

Acts 26:22 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: ταύτης ἕστηκα μαρτυρόμενος μικρῷ τε
NAS: to this day testifying both to small
INT: this I have stood bearing witness to small both

Galatians 5:3 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: μαρτύρομαι δὲ πάλιν
NAS: And I testify again to every
KJV: For I testify again to every
INT: I testify moreover again

Ephesians 4:17 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: λέγω καὶ μαρτύρομαι ἐν κυρίῳ
NAS: I say, and affirm together
KJV: therefore, and testify in the Lord,
INT: I say and testify in [the] Lord

1 Thessalonians 2:12 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: παραμυθούμενοι καὶ μαρτυρόμενοι εἰς τὸ
INT: comforting and testifying for

Strong's Greek 3143
5 Occurrences

μαρτύρομαι — 3 Occ.
μαρτυρόμενοι — 1 Occ.
μαρτυρόμενος — 1 Occ.