καταμαρτυρέω
katamartyréō · G2649 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to witness against, to testify against
To witness against someone or some statement
ExamplesMatthew 26:62 The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You offer no answer for what these men are testifying against You?”
Matthew 27:13 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they are testifying against You?”
Mark 14:60 And then the high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do You not offer any answer for what these men are testifying against You?”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὗτοςthis 2
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 2
- σύyou 1
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πόσοςhow much, how many 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 2
- ἀκούωto hear 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- κατηγορέω katēgoréō · G2723 · to accuse, to bring charges
- Greek verb meaning to accuse or bring charges against someone, often in legal contexts. While καταμαρτυρέω emphasizes the act of testifying/bearing witness against, κατηγορέω focuses on the act of accusing. Both can occur in judicial settings with similar functional overlap, though κατηγορέω is broader and more common for general accusation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To witness against, to testify against33.269
- In Matthew 26:62, at Jesus' trial the high priest asks, “Do You offer no answer for what these men are testifying against You?” using this word for the act of giving testimony against someone in a legal proceeding.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταμαρτύρω; to bear witness against: τί τίνος, testify a thing against one (Buttmann,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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