διαμαρτύρομαι

δια-μαρτύρομαι, depon., of Ionic origin, intensive of the simple μαρτύρομαι, which see,

[in LXX chiefly for עוּד hi., usually with dative of person(s), 5 Mos 4,26; 8,19, 1 Sam 8,9, al. ;]

solemnly to protest: Luk 16,28, ApG 2,40; 8,25; 10,42; 18,5; 20,21, 23, 24; 23,11; 28,23, 1 Thess 4,6, Hebr 2,6; in adjuration, before ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ, 1 Tim 5,21, 2 Tim 2,14; 4,1 (Cremer, 415).†