μαρτύρομαι
marturomai
- to testify
- to summon as witness
- to protest
- affirm solemnly
- to adjure
- beseech
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to testify
μαρτύρομαι
(μάρτυρ), [in LXX: Jdth.7:28, 1Ma.2:56 א)* ;]
to summon as witness (M, Th. 25 f.; Hort. 1Pe. 53 f.; Lft. Notes, 29; Ga 203), hence,
__(a) to protest, affirm solemnly: before ὅτι, Act.20:26, Gal.5:3;
__(b) to adjure, beseech: with dative of person(s), Act.26:22; with accusative and inf. Eph.4:17; before εἰς, 1Th.2:12 (cf. δια-, προ-μαρτύρομαι).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to summon as witness; to protest; affirm solemnly; to adjure; beseech
to summon as witness; to protest; affirm solemnly; to adjure; beseech