Strong Greek #1263 - διαμαρτύρομαι diamarturomai (to affirm solemnly)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance charge, testify unto, witness. From dia and martureo; to attest or protest earnestly, or (by implication) hortatively -- charge, testify (unto), witness. see GREEK dia see GREEK martureo Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 1263: διαμαρτύρομαιδιαμαρτύρομαι; deponent middle; imperfect διεμαρτυρομην (Acts 2:40 Rec.); 1 aorist διεμαρτυράμην; in the Sept. mostly for הֵעִיד; often in Greek writings from Xenophon down; see a multitude of examples from them in Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 20ff; to call gods and men to witness (διά, with the interposition of gods and men; cf. Ellicott (after Winer's) on 1 Timothy 5:21);1.to testify, i. e. earnestly, religiously to charge: followed by an imperative Acts 2:40; ἐνώπιοντοῦΘεοῦκαίΧριστοῦἸησοῦ, 2 Timothy 4:1 (2 Kings 17:13; Xenophon, Cyril 7, 1, 17 σύμήπρότερονἐμβαλλετοῖςπολεμίοις, διαμαρτύρομαι, πρίν, etc.); also with ἐνώπιοντοῦΘεοῦκτλ. followed by ἵνα (cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)), 1 Timothy 5:21 (followed by μή, Exodus 19:21); followed by the infinitive 2 Timothy 2:14 (not Lachmann) (Nehemiah 9:26). 2.to attest, testify to, solemnly affirm: Acts 20:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Hebrews 2:6; followed by ὅτι, Acts 10:42; with the dative of person to give solemn testimony to one,Luke 16:28; with the accusative of the object to confirm a thing by (the interposition of) testimony, to testify, cause it to be believed: τόνλόγοντοῦκυρίου, Acts 8:25; τόνεὐαγγέλιον, Acts 20:24; τήνβασιλείαντοῦΘεοῦ, Acts 28:23; for all the apostolic instruction came back finally to testimony respecting things which they themselves had seen or heard, or which had been disclosed to them by divine revelation (Acts 1:21; Acts 5:32; Acts 10:41; Acts 22:18); with the addition of εἰς and an accusative of the place unto which the testimony is borne: τάπερίἐμοῦεἰςἹερουσαλήμ, Acts 23:11; with the addition of a dative of the person to whom the testimony is given: τοῖςἸουδαίοιςτόνΧριστόνἸησοῦν, the Messianic dignity of Jesus, Acts 18:5; Ἰουδαίοις ... τήν ... μετάνοιανκαίπίστιν, the necessity of repentance and faith, Acts 20:21 (τῇἹερουσαλήμτάςἀνομίας, into what sins she has fallen, Ezekiel 16:2). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 1263. διαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai) — 15 OccurrencesLuke 16:28 - V-PSM/P-3S Acts 2:40 - V-AIM-3S Acts 8:25 - V-APM-NMP Acts 10:42 - V-ANM Acts 18:5 - V-PPM/P-NMS Acts 20:21 - V-PPM/P-NMS Acts 20:23 - V-PIM/P-3S Acts 20:24 - V-ANM Acts 23:11 - V-AIM-2S Acts 28:23 - V-PPM/P-NMS 1 Thessalonians 4:6 - V-AIM-1P 1 Timothy 5:21 - V-PIM/P-1S 2 Timothy 2:14 - V-PPM/P-NMS 2 Timothy 4:1 - V-PIM/P-1S Hebrews 2:6 - V-AIM-3S |