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μαρτυρέω (martyreo)

μαρτυρέω (martyreo) (Greek Lexicon • G3140 • to be a witness, bear witness, testify): 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... It is closely linked with μαρτυρία (martyria) (Greek Lexicon • G3141 • witness, testimony, evidence): witness, testimony, evidence. Primary meaning: witness, testimony, evidence. Strong's: evidence given (judicially or genitive case). Lexical nuances: witness , testimony , evidence : Mk 14:56 , Lk 22:71 , Jo 5:34 19:35 21:24 , I Ti 3:7 , Tit 1:13 , III Jo 12 , Re 11:7 ; c. gen. subj., Mk 14:9 , Jo 8:17 (LXX aliter) , I Jo 5:9 ; seq. κατά , c. gen. pers., Mk 14:55 ; esp. of witness concerning Christ and divine things, Jo 1:7 3:11 , 32 , 33 5:32 , 36 , Re 6:9 ; c. gen. subj., Jo 1:19 5:31 8:13 , 14 , Ac 22:18 , I Jn 5:9-11 , Re 12:11 ; c. gen....

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Shaalabbin (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:42 (identified with Shaalbim ).) Achaia (region. Referenced in Acts 18:12 , Acts 18:27 , Acts 19:21 , Rom 15:26 , 1 Cor 16:15 .) Nephtoah (~. Referenced in Josh 15:9 , Josh 18:15 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 1 Corinthians 15:15 : "Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ : whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not."; 1 John 1:2 : "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"; 1 John 5:6 : "This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.". Related canonical books and chapters: Leviticus 5 ( Leviticus • Chapter 5 (19 verses)), John 15 ( John • Chapter 15 (27 verses)), Acts 26 ( Acts • Chapter 26 (32 verses)).

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μαρτυρέω
martyreo (martyréō) [mar-too-reh'-o]
G3140 Greek verb 76x
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);
μαρτυρία
martyria (martyría) [mar-too-ree'-ah]
G3141 Greek noun feminine 37x
witness, testimony, evidence

Primary meaning: witness, testimony, evidence. Strong's: evidence given (judicially or genitive case). Lexical nuances: witness , testimony , evidence : Mk 14:56 , Lk 22:71 , Jo 5:34 19:35 21:24 , I Ti 3:7 , Tit 1:13 , III Jo 12 , Re 11:7 ; c. gen. subj., Mk 14:9 , Jo 8:17 (LXX aliter) , I Jo 5:9 ; seq. κατά , c. gen. pers., Mk 14:55 ; esp. of witness concerning Christ and divine things, Jo 1:7 3:11 , 32 , 33 5:32 , 36 , Re 6:9 ; c. gen. subj., Jo 1:19 5:31 8:13 , 14 , Ac 22:18 , I Jn 5:9-11 , Re 12:11 ; c. gen....

Derivation: from G3144 (μάρτυς);
μάρτυς
martys (mártys) [mar'-toos]
G3144 Greek noun masculine 35x
a witness

Primary meaning: a witness. Strong's: a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr". Lexical nuances: a witness : Ac 10:41 , I Ti 6:12 , II Ti 2:2 , He 12:1 (Westc., in l.); in forensic sense, Mt 18:16 26:65 , Mk 14:63 , Ac 6:13 7:58 , II Co 13:1 , I Ti 5:19 , He 10:28 ; c. gen. obj., Lk 24:48 , Ac 1:22 2:32 3:15 5:32 10:39 26:16 , I Pe 5:1 ; c. gen. poss., Ac 1:8 13:31 , Re 11:3 ; c. dat. pers., Lk 11:48 , Ac 22:15 ; of Christ, Re 1:5 3:14 ; of God, Ro 1:9 , II Co 1:23 , Phl 1:8 , I Th 2:5 , 1...

Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
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Trace the Greek word Martus (μάρτυς)—originally meaning a courtroom witness who testifies to truth, evolving in early Christian history to mean those who testify to Jesus even unto death.

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עֵדוּת
edut (ʿēḏût) [ay-DOOTH]
H5715 Hebrew noun feminine 59x
testimony, witness, covenant precept

Testimony, solemn covenant witness; Two Tablets of Decalogue placed inside Ark ('Ark of the Testimony', Aron Ha-Edut) testifying to God's holiness.

Derivation: From עֵד (H5707) witness.
μαρτύριον
martyrion (martýrion) [mar-too'-ree-on]
G3142 Greek noun neuter 19x
a testimony, witness, proof

Primary meaning: a testimony, witness, proof. Strong's: something evidential, i.e. (genitive case) evidence given or (specially), the Decalogue (in the sacred Tabernacle). Lexical nuances: a testimony , witness , proof (Hdt., Thuc., al.): c. gen. subj., II Co 1:12 , II Th 1:10 ; c. gen. obj., Ac 4:33 , I Co 1:6 2:1 (WH, txt., R, txt., μυστήριον ; II Ti 1:8 ; εἰς μ. , Mt 8:4 10:18 Mt 24:14 , Mk 1:44 6:11 13:9 , Lk 5:14 9:5 21:13 , He 3:5 , Ja 5:3 ; τὸ μ. καιροῖς ἰδίοις ( CGT , in l.), I Ti 2:6 ; ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ μ. (LXX for אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד ), Ac 7:44 , Re 15:5 .†

Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of G3144 (μάρτυς);
Shaalabbin
40% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Shaalbim • 31.870°N, 34.982°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:42 (identified with Shaalbim ).

μακροθυμία
makrothymia (makrothymía) [mak-roth-oo-mee'-ah]
G3115 Greek noun feminine 14x
patience, longsuffering

Primary meaning: patience, longsuffering. Strong's: longanimity, i.e. (objectively) forbearance or (subjectively) fortitude. Lexical nuances: patience , longsuffering : of men, esp. in experiencing troubles and difficulties, Col 1:11 , II Ti 3:10 , He 6:12 , Ja 5:10 ; of God's forbearance, Ro 2:4 9:22 , II Co 6:6 , Ga 5:22 , Eph 4:2 , Col 3:12 , I Ti 1:16 , II Ti 4:2 , I Pe 3:20 , II Pe 3:15 .†

Derivation: from the same as G3116 (μακροθυμώς);
אֶבְיוֹן
ebyon (ʾeḇyôn) [ev-YONE]
H34 Hebrew adjective / noun masculine 61x
needy, destitute, dependent on God

Destitute, longing for deliverance; one who has no earthly resource and depends wholly on God for justice and bread.

Derivation: From אָבָה (H14) in sense of wanting, desiring.
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Overview of Ephesians revealing God's grand plan to unite all things in Christ , reconciling Jew and Gentile into one body, and empowering believers with the armor of God.

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Leviticus 5
36% Chapter
Leviticus • Chapter 5 (19 verses)

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or ... Mentions: Moses .

John 15
Connected via μαρτυρέω (martyreo) 36% Chapter
John • Chapter 15 (27 verses)

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

μέριμνα
merimna (mérimna) [mer'-im-nah]
G3308 Greek noun feminine 6x
care, anxiety

Primary meaning: care, anxiety. Strong's: solicitude. Lexical nuances: care , anxiety : I Pe 5:7 ; pl., Lk 8:14 21:34 ; c. gen. obj., Mt 13:22 , Mk 4:19 , II Co 11:28 .†

Derivation: from G3307 (μερίζω) (through the idea of distraction);
Acts 26
Connected via μαρτυρέω (martyreo) 35% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 26 (32 verses)

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Saul , Moses , Jerusalem , Nazareth , Damascus .

2 Corinthians 8
Connected via μαρτυρέω (martyreo) 35% Chapter
2 Corinthians • Chapter 8 (24 verses)

Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyo... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia .

Romans 10
Connected via μαρτυρέω (martyreo) 35% Chapter
Romans • Chapter 10 (21 verses)

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have n... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Moses .

Matthew 23
Connected via μαρτυρέω (martyreo) 35% Chapter
Matthew • Chapter 23 (39 verses)

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses ' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abel , Jerusalem .

διαθήκη
diatheke (diathḗkē) [dee-ath-ay'-kay]
G1242 Greek noun feminine 33x
a disposition, testament, will, a convention, arrangement, covenant

Primary meaning: a disposition, testament, will, a convention, arrangement, covenant. Strong's: properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will). Lexical nuances: as usually in cl., a disposition, testament, will (Plat., al.): Ga 3:15 (R, mg., but v. Lft., in l.), He 9:16 , 17 (R, txt.; MM, Exp. , xi,; Milligan, NTD , 75; Abbott, Essays , 107; Deiss., LAE , 341; but v. infr.).

Derivation: from G1303 (διατίθεμαι);
πρόθεσις
prothesis (próthesis) [proth'-es-is]
G4286 Greek noun feminine 12x
a setting forth, a purpose

Primary meaning: a setting forth, a purpose. Strong's: a setting forth, i.e. (figuratively) proposal (intention); specially, the show-bread (in the Temple) as exposed before God. Lexical nuances: a setting forth (Plat., Plut., al.): οἱ ἄρτοι τῆς π. (cf. LXX, Ex 40:4 , 23 , I Ch 9:32 , II Ch 4:19 , I Mac 1:22 , II Mac 3:8 , elsewhere ἄρτοι ἐνώπιοι , Ex 25:29 ; οἱ ἄ. τοῦ προσώπου , Ne 10:33 ), Mt 12:4 , Mk 2:26 , Lk 6:4 ; ἡ π. τῶν ἄρτων , He 9:2 .

Derivation: from G4388 (προτίθεμαι);
Psalm 151
34% Apocrypha
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 0 Chapters

Psalm 151 ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 0 chapters).

Joshua 24
Connected via עֵד (ed) 33% Chapter
Joshua • Chapter 24 (33 verses)

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem , and called for the elders of Israel , and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your ... Mentions: Joshua, Jacob/Israel, Terah , Abram/Abraham , Nahor , Shechem , Canaan , Esau , Seir .

Achaia
33% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Athens • 37.983°N, 23.733°E

region. Referenced in Acts 18:12 , Acts 18:27 , Acts 19:21 , Rom 15:26 , 1 Cor 16:15 .

קֶדֶם
qedem (qeḏem) [KEH-dem]
H6924 Hebrew noun masculine 87x
antiquity, front, east, ancient time

East, front, ancient time, primeval origin; describes God's eternal pre-existence and the ancient goings-forth of Messiah (Micah 5:2).

Derivation: From קָדַם (H6923) to precede.
מוֹעֵד
moed (môʿēḏ) [mo-ADE]
H4150 Hebrew noun masculine 223x
appointed time, festival, solemn assembly

Appointed time, sacred festival; holy feasts of liturgical calendar (Leviticus 23) and Tent of Meeting (Ohel Mo'ed).

Derivation: From יָעַד (H3259) to appoint.
Acts
Connected via Witness: Martus Word Study 32% New Testament
New Testament • 28 Chapters

Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."

Isaiah
Connected via Witness: Martus Word Study 32% Old Testament
Old Testament • 66 Chapters

Isaiah (Old Testament, 66 chapters). Key figures: Jeshaiah (Isaiah), Judah , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah . Key places: Jerusalem , Zion , Sodom , Gomorrah , Lebanon , Bashan . Opens with: "The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings o..."

John 19
Connected via μαρτυρία (martyria) 31% Chapter
John • Chapter 19 (42 verses)

Then Pilate therefore took Jesus , and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Joseph , Gabbatha , Golgotha .

Revelation
Connected via Witness: Martus Word Study 31% New Testament
New Testament • 22 Chapters

Revelation (New Testament, 22 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , David , Judah , Reuben , Gad . Key places: Asia , Patmos , Ephesus , Smyrna , Thyatira , Sardis . Opens with: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and s..."

ἱκετηρία
hiketeria (hiketēría) [hik-et-ay-ree'-ah]
G2428 Greek noun feminine 1x
of a suppliant, an olive-branch, supplication

Primary meaning: of a suppliant, an olive-branch, supplication. Strong's: intreaty. Lexical nuances: of a suppliant ; as subst., ἡ ἱ. (sc. ῥάβδος ), in cl., an olive-branch , carried by a suppliant. In late Gk. = ἱκεσία , supplication : pl., δεήσεις κ. ἱ. , He 5:7 .

Derivation: from a derivative of the base of G2425 (ἱκανός) (through the idea of approaching for a favor);
John 21
Connected via μαρτυρία (martyria) 31% Chapter
John • Chapter 21 (25 verses)

After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias ; and on this wise shewed he himself. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee , and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon, Tiberias , Cana , Galilee .

John 5
Connected via μαρτυρία (martyria) 31% Chapter
John • Chapter 5 (47 verses)

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem . Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda , having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting f... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Jerusalem, Bethesda .

Mark 14
Connected via μάρτυς (martys) 31% Chapter
Mark • Chapter 14 (72 verses)

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the hous... Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , James ( Jacob ), Bethany 1 , Galilee , Gethsemane , Nazareth .

1 Timothy 3
Connected via μαρτυρία (martyria) 31% Chapter
1 Timothy • Chapter 3 (16 verses)

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Nephtoah
31% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.683°N, 35.168°E

~. Referenced in Josh 15:9 , Josh 18:15 .

1 Peter 5
31% Chapter
1 Peter • Chapter 5 (14 verses)

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ , and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for fil... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Babylon .

Scripture Passages (24)

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ : whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ , and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:

Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus , who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ , but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem , and in all Judaea, and in Samaria , and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Beginning from the baptism of John , unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus : and great grace was upon them all.

And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses , that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

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