What does μαρτυρία · μαρτυρέω mean in the Bible?
μαρτυρία · μαρτυρέω is a Greek phrase meaning "testimony, witness, testify".
Greek · G3141, G3140
μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω
Evidence given (judicially or genitive case) · to testify
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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 →μαρτυρέωG3140to testify
Pronunciationmartyréō
To testify is to publicly affirm what one has directly witnessed or personally knows to be true.
Open lexicon entry →What does μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω (martyria / martyreō) mean in the Bible?
μαρτυρία · μαρτυρέω is a Greek phrase meaning "testimony, witness, testify".
Full entry for μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω (G3141, G3140) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3141, G3140?
G3141, G3140 is connected to 37 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. testimony, witness, testify
Source Gloss
testimony, witness, testify
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns4Aligned forms37Case patternAccusative (19)Number patternSingular (36)
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMark 14:59 · John 1:19 · John 5:31 · John 5:32 · John 8:13 · John 8:14 · John 8:17 · John 19:35 · John 21:24 · Titus 1:13 · 1 John 5:9 · 1 John 5:11 · 3 John 1:12 · Rev 19:1015×
Nominative · Plural · FeminineMark 14:561×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineLuke 22:71 · Rev 12:112×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMark 14:55 · John 1:7 · John 3:11 · John 3:32 · John 3:33 · John 5:34 · John 5:36 · Acts 22:18 · 1 Tim 3:7 · 1 John 5:9 · 1 John 5:10 · Rev 1:2 · Rev 1:9 · Rev 6:9 · Rev 11:7 · Rev 12:1719×
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
μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω is built from this root: