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martyréō · Greek · Strong's G3140 · 76 occurrences

The KJV renders 39 different Hebrew and Greek words as “give”

What it means

to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively)

from G3144 (μάρτυς);

How the KJV renders it

charge, give, bear record, have obtain, of good report, be well reported of, testify, give testimony, bear, obtain witness

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“give”

also renders chorēgéō (G5524), pareisphérō (G3923), poiéō (G4160), metadídōmi (G3330), dōréomai (G1433), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), symbouleúō (G4823), apodídōmi (G591), aponémō (G632), diatássō (G1299), anapaúō (G373), kataphérō (G2702), epidídōmi (G1929), paréchō (G3930), charízomai (G5483), diadídōmi (G1239), apodekatóō (G586), bîyn (H995), gâdal (H1431), dâbar (H1696), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), châlaq (H2505), chânan (H2603), yâhab (H3051), yᵉhab (H3052), yâṭab (H3190), yânaq (H3243), yâʻats (H3289), mâʻaṭ (H4591), nûwach (H5117), ʻâbar (H5674), râbâh (H7235), râgaʻ (H7280), rûwm (H7311), sûwm (H7761), shâqaṭ (H8252)

“bear”

also renders poiéō (G4160), aírō (G142), anaphérō (G399), árktos (G715), phérō (G5342), tíktō (G5088), ekphérō (G1627), hypophérō (G5297), gennáō (G1080), bastázō (G941), phoréō (G5409), bâsar (H1319), dôb (H1678), zâraʻ (H2232), chûwl (H2342), yâlad (H3205), mâshal (H4910), çâbal (H5445), ʻâsâh (H6213), pârâh (H6509), tsâmach (H6779)

“charge”

also renders entéllomai (G1781), horkízō (G3726), parangelía (G3852), baréō (G916), epitimáō (G2008), diastéllomai (G1291), epitássō (G2004), diamartýromai (G1263), parangéllō (G3853), mishmereth (H4931), mishpâṭ (H4941), nâthan (H5414), çêbel (H5447), pᵉquddâh (H6486), tsâvâh (H6680)

“testify”

also renders epimartyréō (G1957), martýromai (G3143), diamartýromai (G1263)

“have obtain”

also renders eleéō (G1653)

“of good report”

also renders eúphēmos (G2163)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

76 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 15:15 V-AAI-1P1 John 1:2 V-PAI-1P1 John 4:14 V-PAI-1P1 John 5:6 V-PAP-NSN1 John 5:7 V-PAP-NPM1 John 5:9 V-RAI-3S1 John 5:10 V-RAI-3S1 Timothy 5:10 V-PPP-NSF1 Timothy 6:13 V-AAP-GSM2 Corinthians 8:3 V-PAI-1S3 John 1:3 V-PAP-GPM3 John 1:6 V-AAI-3P3 John 1:12 V-PAI-1PActs 6:3 V-PPP-APMActs 10:22 V-PPP-NSMActs 10:43 V-PAI-3PActs 13:22 V-AAP-NSMActs 14:3 V-PAP-DSMActs 15:8 V-AAI-3SActs 16:2 V-IPI-3SActs 22:5 V-PAI-3SActs 22:12 V-PPP-NSMActs 23:11 V-AANActs 26:5 V-PANColossians 4:13 V-PAI-1SGalatians 4:15 V-PAI-1SHebrews 7:8 V-PPP-NSMHebrews 7:17 V-PPI-3SHebrews 10:15 V-PAI-3SHebrews 11:2 V-API-3PHebrews 11:4 V-API-3SHebrews 11:5 V-RPI-3SHebrews 11:39 V-APP-NPMJohn 1:7 V-AAS-3SJohn 1:8 V-AAS-3SJohn 1:15 V-PAI-3SJohn 1:32 V-AAI-3SJohn 1:34 V-RAI-1SJohn 2:25 V-AAS-3SJohn 3:11 V-PAI-1PJohn 3:26 V-RAI-2SJohn 3:28 V-PAI-2PJohn 3:32 V-PAI-3SJohn 4:39 V-PAP-GSFJohn 4:44 V-AAI-3SJohn 5:31 V-PAS-1SJohn 5:32 V-PAI-3SJohn 5:33 V-RAI-3SJohn 5:36 V-PAI-3SJohn 5:37 V-RAI-3SJohn 5:39 V-PAP-NPFJohn 7:7 V-PAI-1SJohn 8:13 V-PAI-2SJohn 8:14 V-PAS-1SJohn 8:18 V-PAI-3SJohn 10:25 V-PAI-3SJohn 12:17 V-IAI-3SJohn 13:21 V-AAI-3SJohn 15:26 V-FAI-3SJohn 15:27 V-PAI-2P

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.