to be a witness, bear witness, testify
Primary meaning: to be a witness, bear witness, testify, to witness favourably. Strong's: to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: prop., to be a witness , bear witness , testify : absol. (Pind., al.), Jo 15:27 , Ac 26:5 ; parenthetical (Bl., § 79, 7; MM, xvi), II Co 8:3 ; c. dat. pers. (comm. et incomm.; Bl., § 37, 2), Ac 22:5 , He 10:15 ; id. seq. ὅτι , Mt 23:31 , Ro 10:2 , al.; acc. et inf., Ac 10:43 ; c. acc. rei (cl.), Jo 3:11 , Re 22:16 , 20 ; c. acc. cogn., seq. περί , Jo 5:32 , I Jo 5:10 ; c. dat. rei, Jo 5:33 , Ac...
Derivation: from G3144 (μάρτυς);
2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .
Ezekiel • Chapter 27 (36 verses)
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre ; And say unto Tyre , O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre, thou hast said, I am of p... Mentions: Lud , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Dan , Haran , Tyre, Senir , Lebanon , Bashan , Kittim .
1 Kings • Chapter 5 (18 verses)
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David . And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name ... Mentions: Solomon, David, Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Lebanon , Solomon's .
Ezekiel • Chapter 26 (21 verses)
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, ... Mentions: Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .
Luke • Chapter 10 (42 verses)
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harv... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Sodom , Chorazin , Bethsaida , Tyre , Sidon .
Isaiah • Chapter 23 (18 verses)
The burden of Tyre . Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And b... Mentions: Tyre , Tarshish , Kittim , Egypt .
1 Kings • Chapter 7 (51 verses)
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pi... Mentions: Solomon , Naphtali , Boaz , David , Lebanon , Tyre , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Zarethan .
Zechariah • Chapter 9 (17 verses)
The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach , and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel , shall be toward the Lord. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyre , and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyre did build her... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Ephraim , Hadrach , Damascus , Hamath , Tyre, Ashkelon .
1 Kings • Chapter 9 (28 verses)
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon . And the Lord said unto him, I... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Esau ( Edom ), Solomon's , Gibeon , Egypt , Tyre , Galilee .
Old Testament • 36 Chapters
2 Chronicles (Old Testament, 36 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Judah , Dan . Key places: Gibeon , Jerusalem , Egypt , Syria , Tyre , Lebanon . Opens with: "And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly...."
1 Chronicles • Chapter 22 (19 verses)
Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel . And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. And David prepared ... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Solomon , Moses , Tyre .
Acts • Chapter 12 (25 verses)
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Mentions: James ( Jacob ), Mary , Saul , Caesarea , Tyre , Sidon , Jerusalem .
Mark • Chapter 3 (35 verses)
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Judas , Galilee , Jerusalem , Jordan , Tyre , Sidon .
Luke • Chapter 6 (49 verses)
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabb... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Judas , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon .
1 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (17 verses)
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David , and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel . And David took more... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Shobab , Nathan , Solomon , Tyre , Jerusalem , Japhia , Rephaim , Baal .
Matthew • Chapter 15 (39 verses)
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem , saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Canaan , David , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon , Galilee .
Ezra • Chapter 3 (13 verses)
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem . Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and his brethren, and b... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zerubbabel , Shealtiel , Moses , Judah , Jerusalem , Jeshua , Tyre , Lebanon , Joppa .
Mark • Chapter 7 (37 verses)
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem . And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their ha... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , Jerusalem , Tyre , Sidon , Galilee , Decapolis .
Matthew • Chapter 11 (30 verses)
And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ , he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come,... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Chorazin , Bethsaida , Tyre , Sidon , Capernaum .
Ezekiel • Chapter 28 (26 verses)
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre , Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou se... Mentions: Daniel , Jacob/Israel , Tyre , Eden .
2 Samuel • Chapter 5 (25 verses)
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron , and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, a... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, David , Hebron , Saul , Judah , Jerusalem , Zion , Millo , Tyre .
New Testament • 16 Chapters
Mark (New Testament, 16 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Levi , David . Key places: Jerusalem , Jordan , Nazareth , Galilee , Capernaum , Tyre . Opens with: "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;..."
Old Testament • 3 Chapters
Joel (Old Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Joel, Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jehoshaphat , Esau ( Edom ). Key places: Zion , Eden , Jerusalem , Tyre , Philistia , Shittim . Opens with: "The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel...."
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters
2 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Aaron , Levi , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah . Key places: Egypt , Tyre , Sidon , Sodom , Gomorrah , Jerusalem . Opens with: "THE second book of the prophet Esdras, Saraias, the son of Azaraias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salemas, the son of Sadoc, the son of Ah..."
Nehemiah • Chapter 13 (31 verses)
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaa... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Zadok , Pedaiah , Jerusalem , Babylon , Tyre , Ashdod , Ammon .
Psalms • Chapter 87 (7 verses)
His foundation is in the holy mountains. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob . Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion , Rahab , Babylon , Philistia , Tyre .
Joel • Chapter 3 (21 verses)
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem , I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat , and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel , whom they... Mentions: Judah , Jehoshaphat , Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Jerusalem , Tyre , Philistia , Zion , Shittim .
Jeremiah • Chapter 27 (22 verses)
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, And send them to the king of Edom , and to the king of Moab , and to the ... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Josiah , Judah , Esau (Edom), Moab , Edom, Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .
Jeremiah • Chapter 47 (7 verses)
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza . Thus saith the Lord; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and the... Mentions: Gaza , Tyre , Caphtor , Ashkelon .
Old Testament • 14 Chapters
Zechariah (Old Testament, 14 chapters). Key figures: Zechariah, Berechiah , Iddo , Judah , Jacob/Israel , Joshua . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Babylon , Shinar , Hadrach , Damascus . Opens with: "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah , the son of Iddo the proph..."
Psalms • Chapter 45 (17 verses)
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh,... Mentions: Ophir , Tyre .
The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (50 verses)
But the aforesaid Simon , he who had given information of the money, and had betrayed his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus, and made himself the author of these evils. And him that was the benefactor of the city, and the guardian of his ... Mentions: Simon , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , Phoenicia , Jerusalem , Antioch 1 , Tyre , Egypt .