μαρτυρέω

μαρτυρέω, -ῶ

(μάρτυς), [in LXX chiefly for עֵד (עֵד (1 Mos 31,47-48, al.), also for עוּד hi. (1 Mos 43,3, Klg 2,13), עָנָה (4 Mos 35,30) ;]

(a) prop., to be a witness, bear witness, testify: absol. (find., al.), Joh 15,27, ApG 26,5; parenthetical (Bl., § 79, 7; MM, xvi), 2 Kor 8,3 with dative of person(s) (comm. and incomm.; El., § 37, 2), ApG 22,5, Hebr 10,15; id. before ὅτι, Matt 23,31, Rom 10,2, al.; accusative and inf., ApG 10,43 with accusative of thing(s) (cl.), Joh 3,11, Åb 22,16, 20; with accusative cogn., before περί, Joh 5,32, 1 Joh 5,10; with dative of thing(s), Joh 5,33, ApG 14,3, al.; before περί, with genitive (of person(s) and of thing(s)), Joh 1,7-8, 15; 2,25; 18,23; 21,24, al.; id. before ὅτι, Joh 5,36; 7,7; ὅτι, Joh 1,34; 4,44 al.; ὅτι recit., Joh 4,39 κατά before ὅτι, 1 Kor 15,15 pass., Hebr 7,8 ptcp., Rom 3,21 impers., Hebr 7,17

(b) in late Gk., to witness favourably, give a good report, approve (Bl., § 54, 3; MM, xvi; Deiss., BS, 265): with dative of person(s), Luk 4,22 before ἐπί with dative of thing(s), Hebr 11,4 pass., ApG 6,3 before ἐν, 1 Tim 5,10, Hebr 11,2; διά, with genitive of thing(s), Hebr 11,39 with genitive of person(s), ApG 10,22, al.; impers., 3 Joh 12 (cf. ἐπι, συν-επι-, κατα-, συν-μαρτυρέω)