What does συμμαρτυρέω (symmartyréō) mean in the Bible?
συμμαρτυρέω (symmartyréō): Joint testimony reinforces truth; the Holy Spirit's witness with human conscience validates God's claims.
Greek · G4828
συμμαρτυρέω
To testify with
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συμμαρτυρέω G4828
Pronunciation symmartyréō
What does συμμαρτυρέω (symmartyréō) mean in the Bible?
συμμαρτυρέω (symmartyréō): Joint testimony reinforces truth; the Holy Spirit's witness with human conscience validates God's claims.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4828?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include as confirmed (1), bearing witness (1), testifies with (1).
Where does συμμαρτυρέω (symmartyréō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 2:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (3).
Are there verse guides for συμμαρτυρέω (symmartyréō)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It as confirmed 1× Romans 9:1
bearing witness 1× Romans 2:15
testifies with 1× Romans 8:16
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 2:15 συμμαρτυρούσης to bearing witness Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular Romans 8:16 συμμαρτυρεῖ to testifies with Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Romans 9:1 συμμαρτυρούσης to as confirmed Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 2:15
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Romans 3
Source forms
συμμαρτυρούσης 2x symmartyrousēs Romans 2:15, Romans 9:1
συμμαρτυρεῖ 1x symmartyrei Romans 8:16
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Romans 2:15, Romans 9:1
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Romans 8:16
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Joint testimony reinforces truth; the Holy Spirit's witness with human conscience validates God's claims.
Source Gloss
to testify with
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 2:15 Verb Present Active Participle Genitive Singular Feminine
συμμαρτυρούσης summarturoushv
I bear witness together with
Read verse Romans 8:16 Verb Third Person Singular Present Active Indicative
συμμαρτυρεῖ summarturei
I bear witness together with
Read verse Romans 9:1 Verb Present Active Participle Genitive Singular Feminine
συμμαρτυρούσης summarturoushv
I bear witness together with
Read verse summarturoumai
I bear witness together with
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present Voices Active
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Rom 2:15 · Rom 9:1 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Rom 8:16 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 3
Voice
active 3
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1
NT 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
συμμαρτυρέω is built from these roots:
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