What does μαρτυρέω · μαρτυρία mean in the Bible?
μαρτυρέω · μαρτυρία is a Greek phrase meaning "testify, testimony, witness".
Greek · G3140, G3141
μεμαρτύρηκεν / μαρτυρία
To testify · evidence given (judicially or genitive case)
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μαρτυρέω G3140 to testify
Pronunciation martyréō
To testify is to publicly affirm what one has directly witnessed or personally knows to be true.
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μαρτυρία G3141 evidence given (judicially or genitive case)
Pronunciation martyría
Testimony or evidence given formally, especially witness to Christ and divine truth in NT contexts.
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What does μεμαρτύρηκεν / μαρτυρία (memartyrēken / martyria) mean in the Bible?
μαρτυρέω · μαρτυρία is a Greek phrase meaning "testify, testimony, witness".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3140, G3141?
G3140, G3141 is connected to 76 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. testify, testimony, witness
Source Gloss
testify, testimony, witness
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 76 Tenses Present, Aorist, Perfect, Imperfect, Future Voices Active, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 46×
Present Active John 1:15 · John 3:32 · John 5:32 · John 5:36 · John 8:18 · John 10:25 · Acts 22:5 · Heb 10:15 · John 7:7 · Rom 10:2 · 2 Cor 8:3 · Gal 4:15 · Col 4:13 · Rev 22:18 · John 3:11 · 1 John 1:2 23×
Aorist Active John 1:32 · John 4:44 · John 13:21 · Acts 15:8 · Rev 1:2 · 1 Cor 15:15 · 3 John 1:6 7×
Perfect Active John 5:33 · John 5:37 · John 19:35 · 1 John 5:9 · 1 John 5:10 · John 1:34 · John 3:26 7×
Perfect Passive Heb 11:5 · 3 John 1:12 2×
Imperfect Active Luke 4:22 · John 12:17 2×
Aorist Passive Heb 11:2 · Heb 11:4 2×
Future Active John 15:26 1×
Imperfect Passive Acts 16:2 1×
Present Passive Heb 7:17 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 20×
Present Active John 5:32 · John 8:18 · John 21:24 · Rev 22:20 · John 4:39 · John 5:39 · Acts 14:3 · Heb 11:4 · 1 John 5:6 · 1 John 5:7 · 3 John 1:3 11×
Present Passive Acts 10:22 · Acts 22:12 · Heb 7:8 · Rom 3:21 · 1 Tim 5:10 · Acts 6:3 6×
Aorist Active Acts 13:22 · 1 Tim 6:13 2×
Aorist Passive Heb 11:39 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 6×
Aorist Active John 1:7 · John 1:8 · John 2:25 · John 18:37 4×
Present Active John 5:31 · John 8:14 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 3×
Aorist Active Acts 23:11 · Rev 22:16 2×
Present Active Acts 26:5 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Aorist Active John 18:23 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 75 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 43 aorist 19 perfect 9 imperfect 3 future 1
Voice
active 62 passive 13
Mood
indicative 45 participle 20 subjunctive 6 infinitive 3 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 23:31 μαρτυρεῖτε present active indicative ongoing Luke 4:22 ἐμαρτύρουν imperfect active indicative background John 1:15 μαρτυρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 1:32 ἐμαρτύρησεν aorist active indicative completed John 1:34 μεμαρτύρηκα perfect active indicative resultant John 1:7 μαρτυρήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 1:8 μαρτυρήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 2:25 μαρτυρήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 3:11 μαρτυροῦμεν present active indicative ongoing John 3:26 μεμαρτύρηκας perfect active indicative resultant John 3:28 μαρτυρεῖτε present active indicative ongoing John 3:32 μαρτυρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 4:39 μαρτυρούσης present active participle participle John 4:44 ἐμαρτύρησεν aorist active indicative completed John 5:31 μαρτυρῶ present active subjunctive subjunctive John 5:32 μαρτυρῶν present active participle participle John 5:32 μαρτυρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 5:33 μεμαρτύρηκε perfect active indicative resultant John 5:36 μαρτυρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 5:37 μεμαρτύρηκεν perfect active indicative resultant John 5:39 μαρτυροῦσαι present active participle participle John 7:7 μαρτυρῶ present active indicative ongoing John 8:13 μαρτυρεῖς present active indicative ongoing John 8:14 μαρτυρῶ present active subjunctive subjunctive John 8:18 μαρτυρῶν present active participle participle John 8:18 μαρτυρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 10:25 μαρτυρεῖ present active indicative ongoing John 12:17 ἐμαρτύρει imperfect active indicative background John 13:21 ἐμαρτύρησεν aorist active indicative completed John 15:26 μαρτυρήσει future active indicative prospective John 15:27 μαρτυρεῖτε present active indicative ongoing John 18:23 μαρτύρησον aorist active imperative imperative John 18:37 μαρτυρήσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive John 19:35 μεμαρτύρηκεν perfect active indicative resultant John 21:24 μαρτυρῶν present active participle participle Acts 6:3 μαρτυρουμένους present passive participle participle Acts 10:22 μαρτυρούμενός present passive participle participle Acts 10:43 μαρτυροῦσιν present active indicative ongoing Acts 13:22 μαρτυρήσας aorist active participle participle Acts 14:3 μαρτυροῦντι present active participle participle
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
μεμαρτύρηκεν / μαρτυρία is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain