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To testify against

καταμαρτυρέωStrong’s G2649

katamartureō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katamartureō is the Greek word usually translated “do witness against”, “witness against” and “testify against”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?”
Matthew 26:62 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “do witness against”, “witness against” and “testify against”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • do witness against 1
  • they witness against 1
  • testify against 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 2
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

καταμαρτυρέω katamartureō · to testify against

κατα-μαρτυρέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Job.15:6, Pro.25:18 (עָנָה), al. ;] to bear witness againt: with accusative of thing(s) and genitive of person(s), Mat.26:62 27:13, Mrk.14:60.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.