martyria · testimony

What it means

martyria (μαρτυρία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “testimony”.

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. The statement of one who saw or heard something, which serves to prove it.

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

How it is translated

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

• testimony ×36
• testimonies ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Mark×3
• Luke×1
• John×14
• Acts×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• 1 John×6
• 3 John×1
• Revelation×9

• Mark 14:55

  And the high priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, and they were not finding any.

• Mark 14:56

  For many were bearing false witness against him, and the testimonies were not consistent.

• Mark 14:59

  And not even so was their testimony consistent.

• Luke 22:71

  And they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth.”

• John 1:7

  He came for testimony, to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.

• John 1:19

  And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

• John 3:11

  Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, and you do not receive our testimony.

• John 3:32

  What he has seen and heard, to that he testifies, and no one receives his testimony.

• John 3:33

  Whoever has received his testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

• John 5:31

  If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

• John 5:32

  There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that he testifies about me is true.

• John 5:34

  But I do not receive testimony from a human being; but I say these things so that you may be saved.

• John 5:36

  But I have a testimony greater than John’s; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I do, testify about me that the Father has sent me.

• John 8:13

  So the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not true.”

• John 8:14

  Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

• John 8:17

  And in your law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.

• John 19:35

  And the one who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

• John 21:24

  This is the disciple who testifies about these things and who wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.

• Acts 22:18

  and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

• 1 Timothy 3:7

  He must also have a good testimony from those outside, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.

• Titus 1:13

  This testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,

• 1 John 5:9

  If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God, that he has testified about his Son.

• 1 John 5:10

  Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.

• 1 John 5:11

  And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

• 3 John 1:12

  Demetrius has been testified to from everyone, and from the truth itself; and we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

• Revelation 1:2

  who testified to the word of God and the testimony of Jesus the Messiah, all that he saw.

• Revelation 1:9

  I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction and kingdom and endurance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

• Revelation 6:9

  And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony that they held.

• Revelation 11:7

  And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war against them and conquer them and kill them.

• Revelation 12:11

  And they conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even to death.

• Revelation 12:17

  And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.

• Revelation 19:10

  And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he says to me, “See that you do not! I am a fellow slave of yours and of your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

• Revelation 20:4

  And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with the Messiah for a thousand years.

And 4 more times.