G3140 μαρτυρέω
Strong's Greek Concordance · 89 KJV occurrences
μαρτυρέω
martyréō
Definition
to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings
charge, give (evidence), bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness
Derivation / Etymology
from G3144 (μάρτυς);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 89)
- Matthew 23:31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
- John 3:26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
- John 5:37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- John 15:27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
- Acts 15:8And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
- Romans 10:2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- Hebrews 7:8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
- 1 John 5:6This 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 Spirit is truth.