Martýromai — G3143

Definition

verb

to be adduced as a witness, i.e. (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation)

1. to cite a witness, bring forward a witness, call to witness (Tragg., Thucydides, Plato, and following)
2. to conjure, beseech as in God's name, exhort solemnly

Usually translated as

testify, take to record

Origin

middle voice from G3144

• mártys (G3144)

Occurrences

Martýromai occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1)

• Acts 20:26 — Wherefore I take you to record (μαρτύρομαι) this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
• Galatians 5:3 — For I testify (μαρτύρομαι) again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
• Ephesians 4:17 — This I say therefore, and testify (μαρτύρομαι) in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,