Strong's Lexicon
G3142 — μαρτύριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3142 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μαρτύριον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of a presumed derivative of G3144 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 19 |
| Transliteration: | marturion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mar-too'-ree-on |
| Meaning: | 1. something evidential 2. (genitive case) evidence given or (specially), the Decalogue (in the sacred Tabernacle) |
| KJV Renderings: | to be testified, testimony, witness |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μαρτύριον, μαρτυρίου, τό (μάρτυρ (cf. μάρτυς)), (from Pindar, Herodotus down), the Sept. for òÅã, òÅãÈä, more often for òÅãåÌú (an ordinance, precept); most frequently for îåòÅã (an assembly), as though that came from òåÌã to testify, whereas it is from éÈòÇã to appoint; testimony;
a. with a genitive of the subjunctive: τῆς συνειδήσεως, 2Co 1:12; with the genitive of object: ἀποδιδόναι τό ... τῆς ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ, Act 4:33.
b. τοῦ Χριστοῦ, concerning Christ the Saviour (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 30, 1 a.): the proclamation of salvation by the apostles is so called (for reasons given under μαρτυρέω, at the beginning), 1Co 1:6; also τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, 2Ti 1:8; τοῦ Θεοῦ, concerning God (Winer’s Grammar, as above), i. e. concerning what God has done through Christ for the salvation of men, 1Co 2:1 (here WH text μυστήριον); with the subject. genitive ἡμῶν, given by us, 2Th 1:10. εἰς μαρτύριον τῶν λαληθησομένων, to give testimony concerning those things which were to be spoken (in the Messiah’s time) i. e. concerning the Christian revelation, Heb 3:5; cf. Delitzsch at the passage (others refer it to the Mosaic law (Num 12:7, especially 8); cf. Riehm, Lehrbegriff d. Heb. 1:312).
c. εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς for a testimony unto them, that they may have testimony, i. e. evidence, in proof of this or that: e. g. that a leper has been cured, Mat 8:4; Mar 1:44; Luk 5:14; that persons may get knowledge of something the knowledge of which will be for their benefit, Mat 10:18; Mat 24:14; Mar 13:9; that they may have evidence of their impurity, Mar 6:11; in the same case we find εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ’ αὐτούς, for a testimony against them (cf. ἐπί, C. I. 2 g. γ. ββ.), Luk 9:5; ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον, it will turn out to you as an opportunity of bearing testimony concerning me and my cause, Luk 21:13; εἰς μαρτύριον ὑμῖν ἔσται, it will serve as a proof of your wickedness, Jas 5:3; by apposition to the whole preceding clause (Winer’s Grammar, § 59, 9 a.), τό μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις, that which (to wit, that Christ gave himself as a ransom) would be (the substance of) the testimony equivalent to was to be testified (by the apostles and the preachers of the gospel) in the times fitted for it, 1Ti 2:6 (where Lachmann omits τί μαρτύριον); cf. the full exposition of this passage in Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans iii., p. 12ff; ἡ σκηνή τοῦ μαρτυρίου, Act 7:44; Rev 15:5; in the Sept. very often for àÉäÆìÎîåòÅã (see above), and occasionally for äÈòÅãåÌú àÉäÆì, as Exo 38:26; Lev 24:3, etc.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μαρτύριον (to be testified)
Matthew 8:4
- KJV: And Jesus saith unto him See thou tell no man but go thy way shew thyself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony unto them
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς όρα μηδενί είπης αλλ΄ ύπαγε σεαυτόν δείξον τω ιερεί και προσένεγκε το δώρον ο προσέταξε Μωσής εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Matthew 10:18
- KJV: And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony against them and the Gentiles
- GK: και επί ηγεμόνας δε και βασιλείς αχθήσεσθε ένεκεν εμού εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς και τοις έθνεσιν
Matthew 24:14
- KJV: And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come
- GK: και κηρυχθήσεται τούτο το ευαγγέλιον της βασιλείας εν όλη τη οικουμένη εις μαρτύριον πάσι τοις έθνεσι και τότε ήξει το τέλος
Mark 1:44
- KJV: And saith unto him See thou say nothing to any man but go thy way shew thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ όρα μηδενί μηδέν είπης αλλ΄ ύπαγε σεαυτόν δείξον τω ιερεί και προσένεγκε περί του καθαρισμού σου α προσέταξε Μωσής εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Mark 6:11
- KJV: And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear you when ye depart thence shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them Verily I say unto you It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment than for that city
- GK: και όσοι αν μη δέξωνται υμάς μηδέ ακούσωσιν υμών εκπορευόμενοι εκείθεν εκτινάξατε τον χούν τον υποκάτω των ποδών υμών εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς αμήν λέγω υμίν ανεκτότερον έσται Σοδόμοις η Γομόρροις εν ημέρα κρίσεως η τη πόλει εκείνη
Mark 13:9
- KJV: But take heed to yourselves for they shall deliver you up to councils and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake for a testimony against them
- GK: βλέπετε δε υμείς εαυτούς παραδώσουσιν γαρ υμάς εις συνέδρια και εις συναγωγάς δαρήσεσθε και επί ηγεμόνων και βασιλέων αχθήσεσθε ένεκεν εμού εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Luke 5:14
- KJV: And he charged him to tell no man but go and shew thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded for a testimony unto them
- GK: και αυτός παρήγγειλεν αυτώ μηδενί ειπείν αλλά απελθών δείξον σεαυτόν τω ιερεί και προσένεγκε περί του καθαρισμού σου καθώς προσέταξε Μωσής εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Luke 9:5
- KJV: And whosoever will not receive you when ye go out of that city shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them
- GK: και όσοι εάν μη δέξωνται υμάς εξερχόμενοι από της πόλεως εκείνης και τον κονιορτόν από των ποδών υμών αποτινάξατε εις μαρτύριον επ΄ αυτούς
Luke 21:13
- KJV: And it shall turn to you for a testimony
- GK: αποβήσεται δε υμίν εις μαρτύριον