Witness, Testify
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Who or what does itSubject
89 occurrences in 30 groups
- Not stated (participle) 20
- Not stated: he, she or it 10
- ἐγώI, we 6
- Not stated: I 6
- σύyou 4
- Not stated: you (one person) 4
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (24) 24
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
33 occurrences in 22 groups
- εἰμίto be 6
- ἔχωto have 3
- οὗτοςthis 3
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (25) 25
To or for whomIndirect object
16 occurrences in 8 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 4
- ἐγώI, we 3
- ἀλήθειαtruth 2
- ὅςwho, which, that 2
- σύyou 2
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πόσοςhow much, how many 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
39 occurrences in 29 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ἐγώI, we 8
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ἐμαυτοῦmyself 3
- Other words · 27 groups that occur once or twice (31) 31
With adverbsAdverbs
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- καίand 2
- μήnot 2
- ἐκεῖthere 1
- οὐnot 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
49 occurrences in 19 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 11
- ἐγώI, we 10
- ἸησοῦςJesus 6
- σύyou 4
- θεόςGod 3
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
14 occurrences in 11 groups
- δύοtwo 5
- πολύςmany 3
- τρεῖςthree 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
Named alongside itApposition
20 occurrences in 21 groups
- Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (24) 24
What it doesIt is the subject
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- δέωto bind, to tie 1
- λέγωto say 1
- παρακαλέωto plead for, to appeal to, to encourage 1
- πιστεύωto believe 1
- προσέρχομαιto come to, to approach 1
- ἀποτίθημιto put away 1
What is done to itIt is the object
30 occurrences in 17 groups
- ἔχωto have 6
- λαμβάνωto receive, to take 5
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 3
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
Second object ofSecond object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπικαλέομαιto call, to name, to call upon 1
- προχειρίζομαιto choose in advance 1
- ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 1
What it is said to bePredicate
20 occurrences in 9 groups
- ἀληθήςtrue, truthful 8
- οὗτοςthis 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
15 occurrences in 8 groups
- ἐγώI, we 5
- θεόςGod 4
- σύyou 2
- ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
- ἰόςvenom 1
- καύχησιςboasting, pride 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
23 occurrences in 5 groups
- εἰςto 26
- διάthrough 6
- ὑπέρfor 4
- ἐπίon 3
- ἐνώπιονin front of 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
9 occurrences in 5 groups
- χρείαneed 3
- σκηνήtent, tabernacle 2
- στόμαmouth 2
- λόγοςword, saying, message 1
- νέφοςlarge crowd 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Sources
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.