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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μαρτυρέωG3140to testify
Pronunciationmartyréō
To testify is to publicly affirm what one has directly witnessed or personally knows to be true.
Open lexicon entry →μαρτυρίαG3141evidence given (judicially or genitive case)
Pronunciationmartyría
Testimony or evidence given formally, especially witness to Christ and divine truth in NT contexts.
Open lexicon entry →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 groups5Aligned forms76TensesPresent, Aorist, Perfect, Imperfect, FutureVoicesActive, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality46×
Present ActiveJohn 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 1:223×
Aorist ActiveJohn 1:32 · John 4:44 · John 13:21 · Acts 15:8 · Rev 1:2 · 1 Cor 15:15 · 3 John 1:67×
Perfect ActiveJohn 5:33 · John 5:37 · John 19:35 · 1 John 5:9 · 1 John 5:10 · John 1:34 · John 3:267×
Perfect PassiveHeb 11:5 · 3 John 1:122×
Imperfect ActiveLuke 4:22 · John 12:172×
Aorist PassiveHeb 11:2 · Heb 11:42×
Future ActiveJohn 15:261×
Imperfect PassiveActs 16:21×
Present PassiveHeb 7:171×
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality20×
Present ActiveJohn 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 1:311×
Present PassiveActs 10:22 · Acts 22:12 · Heb 7:8 · Rom 3:21 · 1 Tim 5:10 · Acts 6:36×
Aorist ActiveActs 13:22 · 1 Tim 6:132×
Aorist PassiveHeb 11:391×
Subjunctivepossibility, probability, or purpose6×
Aorist ActiveJohn 1:7 · John 1:8 · John 2:25 · John 18:374×
Present ActiveJohn 5:31 · John 8:142×
Infinitiveverbal noun — the action in abstract3×
Aorist ActiveActs 23:11 · Rev 22:162×
Present ActiveActs 26:51×
Imperativecommand or strong request1×
Aorist ActiveJohn 18:231×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 75 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present43aorist19perfect9imperfect3future1
Voice
active62passive13
Mood
indicative45participle20subjunctive6infinitive3imperative1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 23:31μαρτυρεῖτεpresent active indicativeongoingLuke 4:22ἐμαρτύρουνimperfect active indicativebackgroundJohn 1:15μαρτυρεῖpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 1:32ἐμαρτύρησενaorist active indicativecompletedJohn 1:34μεμαρτύρηκαperfect active indicativeresultantJohn 1:7μαρτυρήσῃaorist active subjunctivesubjunctiveJohn 1:8μαρτυρήσῃaorist active subjunctivesubjunctiveJohn 2:25μαρτυρήσῃaorist active subjunctivesubjunctiveJohn 3:11μαρτυροῦμενpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 3:26μεμαρτύρηκαςperfect active indicativeresultantJohn 3:28μαρτυρεῖτεpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 3:32μαρτυρεῖpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 4:39μαρτυρούσηςpresent active participleparticipleJohn 4:44ἐμαρτύρησενaorist active indicativecompletedJohn 5:31μαρτυρῶpresent active subjunctivesubjunctiveJohn 5:32μαρτυρῶνpresent active participleparticipleJohn 5:32μαρτυρεῖpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 5:33μεμαρτύρηκεperfect active indicativeresultantJohn 5:36μαρτυρεῖpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 5:37μεμαρτύρηκενperfect active indicativeresultantJohn 5:39μαρτυροῦσαιpresent active participleparticipleJohn 7:7μαρτυρῶpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 8:13μαρτυρεῖςpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 8:14μαρτυρῶpresent active subjunctivesubjunctiveJohn 8:18μαρτυρῶνpresent active participleparticipleJohn 8:18μαρτυρεῖpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 10:25μαρτυρεῖpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 12:17ἐμαρτύρειimperfect active indicativebackgroundJohn 13:21ἐμαρτύρησενaorist active indicativecompletedJohn 15:26μαρτυρήσειfuture active indicativeprospectiveJohn 15:27μαρτυρεῖτεpresent active indicativeongoingJohn 18:23μαρτύρησονaorist active imperativeimperativeJohn 18:37μαρτυρήσωaorist active subjunctivesubjunctiveJohn 19:35μεμαρτύρηκενperfect active indicativeresultantJohn 21:24μαρτυρῶνpresent active participleparticipleActs 6:3μαρτυρουμένουςpresent passive participleparticipleActs 10:22μαρτυρούμενόςpresent passive participleparticipleActs 10:43μαρτυροῦσινpresent active indicativeongoingActs 13:22μαρτυρήσαςaorist active participleparticipleActs 14:3μαρτυροῦντιpresent active participleparticiple+35 more occurrences
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: