Lexicon marturomai: to summon as witness, to affirm Original Word: μαρτύρομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: marturomai Phonetic Spelling: (mar-too'-rom-ahee) Short Definition: I call to witness, testify, solemnly charge Definition: (properly: I call (summon) to witness, and then absolutely) I testify, protest, asseverate; I conjure, solemnly charge. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom martusDefinitionto summon as witness, to affirm NASB Translationaffirm (1), imploring (1), testify (2), testifying (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3143: μαρτύρομαιμαρτύρομαι (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 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 |
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