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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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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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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What does μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω (martyria / martyreō) mean in the Bible?
μαρτυρία · μαρτυρέω is a Greek phrase meaning "testimony, witness, testify".
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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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 37 Case pattern Accusative (19) Number pattern Singular (36)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 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 19:10 15×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Mark 14:56 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 22:71 · Rev 12:11 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Mark 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 12:17 19×
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
μαρτυρία / μαρτυρέω 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