Word

συμμαρτυρέω

symmartyréō · G4828 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to support by testimony, to provide supporting evidence, to testify in support

To provide confirming evidence by means of a testimony

Examples
Romans 2:15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,
Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,
Romans 9:1 I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

How it’s used In 3 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

συνείδησιςconscience 2
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰμίto be 1
ὅτιthat, because 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐνin+ πνεῦμαspirit 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

βεβαιόω bebaióō · G950 · to cause to believe, to establish in belief, to confirm: Greek verb meaning to confirm or establish the truth of something, semantically related to συμμαρτυρέω in that both involve providing supporting evidence or corroboration; βεβαιόω is broader and emphasizes confirmation generally, while συμμαρτυρέω specifically involves concurrent witness/testimony

Semantic domains 1 entry

To support by testimony, to provide supporting evidence, to testify in support33.266: Paul writes, “the Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:16).

Word family 11 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

μάρτυς mártys · G3144 · witness, one who testifies, martyr · 35×μαρτυρέω martyréō · G3140 · to witness, to speak well of, to approve of · 76×μαρτυρία martyría · G3141 · to witness, testimony, witness · 37×μαρτύριον martýrion · G3142 · to witness, testimony, witness · 20×διαμαρτύρομαι diamartýromai · G1263 · to declare, to assert, to testify · 15×μαρτύρομαι martýromai · G3143 · to declare, to assert, to testify · 5×καταμαρτυρέω katamartyréō · G2649 · to witness against, to testify against · 3×συμμαρτυρέωsymmartyréō · G4828ἐπιμαρτυρέω epimartyréō · G1957 · to witness · 1×προμαρτύρομαι promartýromai · G4303 · to predict, to foretell · 1×συνεπιμαρτυρέω synepimartyréō · G4901 · to add one’s witness to, to witness together with · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon συμμαρτύρω (T WH συνμαρτυρέω (cf. σύν, II. at the end)); to bear witness with, bear joint…

συμμαρτύρω (T WH συνμαρτυρέω (cf. σύν, II. at the end)); to bear witness with, bear joint witness (with one): συμμαρτυρούσης τῆς συνειδήσεως, their conscience also bearing witness, Rom 2:15 (i. e. together with the deeds of the Gentiles, which accord with the law of God and so bear witness (cf. Winer's Grammar, 580 (539))); followed by ὅτι, Rom 9:1 (besides the fact that the close felloship I have with Christ compels me to tell the truth); τῷ πνεύματι ἡμῶν, with our spirit already giving its testimony, Rom 8:16. Middle present 1 person singular Συμμαρτυροῦμαι, I testify on my own behalf besides (i. e. besides those things which I have already testified in this book), Rev 22:18 Rec.; but the true reading here, μαρτυρῶ, was restored by Griesbach (Sophocles, Euripides, Thucydides, Plato, others.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Witness, Testify3 occurrences

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