Diamartýromai — G1263

Definition

verb

to attest or protest earnestly, or (by implication) hortatively

1. to testify, i. e. earnestly, religiously to charge
2. to attest, testify to, solemnly affirm

Usually translated as

testify, charge, witness

Origin

from G1223 and G3140

• diá (G1223)
• martyréō (G3140)

Occurrences

Diamartýromai occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), Acts (9), 1 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (2), Hebrews (1)

• Luke 16:28 — For I have five brethren; that he may testify (διαμαρτύρηται) unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
• Acts 2:40 — And with many other words did he testify (διεμαρτύρατο) and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
• Acts 8:25 — And they, when they had testified (διαμαρτυράμενοι) and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
• Acts 10:42 — And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify (διαμαρτύρασθαι) that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
• Acts 18:5 — And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified (διαμαρτυρόμενος) to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
• Acts 20:21 — Testifying (διαμαρτυρόμενος) both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 20:23 — Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth (διαμαρτύρεταί) in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify (διαμαρτύρασθαι) the gospel of the grace of God.
• Acts 23:11 — And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified (διεμαρτύρω) of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
• Acts 28:23 — And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified (διαμαρτυρόμενος) the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6 — That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified (διεμαρτυράμεθα).
• 1 Timothy 5:21 — I charge (Διαμαρτύρομαι) thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
• 2 Timothy 2:14 — Of these things put them in remembrance, charging (διαμαρτυρόμενος) them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
• 2 Timothy 4:1 — I charge (Διαμαρτύρομαι) thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
• Hebrews 2:6 — But one in a certain place testified (διεμαρτύρατο), saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?