μαρτύρομαι martýromai
Meaning
to be adduced as a witness, i.e. (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation)
In the King James Version: take to record, testify
Derivation: middle voice from G3144 (μάρτυς);
Where it is used
- Acts 20:26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
- Acts 26:22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- Galatians 5:3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.