diamartyromai · warn solemnly, testify

What it means

diamartyromai (διαμαρτύρομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “warn solemnly, testify”.

Warn solemnly, charge earnestly; testify solemnly, bear full witness.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To declare something in all seriousness.
2. To command something very seriously, as before God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• testifying ×4
• I solemnly charge you ×2
• has testified ×1
• he may testify ×1
• he testified ×1
• solemnly charging them ×1
• solemnly testified ×1
• testifies ×1
• testify solemnly ×1
• testify to ×1
• others ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Acts×9
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×2
• Hebrews×1

• Luke 16:28

  for I have five brothers —so that he may testify to them, so that they also may not come to this place of torment.’

• Acts 2:40

  And with many other words he testified and kept urging them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation.”

• Acts 8:25

  So they, after testifying solemnly and speaking the word of the Lord, were returning to Jerusalem, and they were announcing the good news in many villages of the Samaritans.

• Acts 10:42

  And he commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify solemnly that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

• Acts 18:5

  And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was wholly occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

• Acts 20:21

  testifying to both Jews and Greeks of the change of mind toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

• Acts 20:23

  except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that chains and afflictions await me.

• Acts 20:24

  But I do not account my life precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the service that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of the grace of God.

• Acts 23:11

  And on the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage; for as you have testified to the things about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

• Acts 28:23

  And having appointed a day with him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers; to them he explained the matter, solemnly testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:6

  that no one transgress and take advantage of his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger concerning all these things, as we also told you before and solemnly testified.

• 1 Timothy 5:21

  I solemnly charge you before God and the Messiah Jesus and the chosen angels that you keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of partiality.

• 2 Timothy 2:14

  Remind them of these things, solemnly charging them before the Lord not to fight about words, which is for nothing useful, and leads to the ruin of those who listen.

• 2 Timothy 4:1

  I solemnly charge you before God and the Messiah Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

• Hebrews 2:6

  But someone has testified somewhere, saying: What is a human being that you remember him, or a son of man that you look after him?