verb

epimarturamō

Greekἐπιμαρτυρέω (epimartureō)

Strong’sG1957

I testify earnestly

stem epimartur-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

testifying1×

What it means

* ἐπι-μαρτυρέω, -ῶ

to bear witness to: c. acc et. inf., I Pe 5:12,†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1957 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidep-ee-mar-too-reh'-o

to attest further, i.e. corroborate

Fromfrom G1909 and G3140;

King Jamestestify.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
epimarturarōtosἐπιμαρτυρῶν	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	testifying	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	epimarturamō	epimarturame	epimarturami	epimarturama	epimarturamē	epimarturamelē
you 2nd person singular	epimarturasō	epimarturase	epimarturasi	epimarturasa	epimarturasē	epimarturaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epimarturatō	epimarturate	epimarturati	epimarturata	epimarturatē	epimarturatelē
we 1st person plural	epimarturanō	epimarturane	epimarturani	epimarturana	epimarturanē	epimarturanelē
ye 2nd person plural	epimarturavō	epimarturave	epimarturavi	epimarturava	epimarturavē	epimarturavelē
they 3rd person plural	epimarturalō	epimarturale	epimarturali	epimarturala	epimarturalē	epimarturalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	epimarturameiō	epimarturameia	epimarturameiē
you 2nd person singular	epimarturaseiō	epimarturaseia	epimarturaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epimarturateiō	epimarturateia	epimarturateiē
we 1st person plural	epimarturaneiō	epimarturaneia	epimarturaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	epimarturaveiō	epimarturaveia	epimarturaveiē
they 3rd person plural	epimarturaleiō	epimarturaleia	epimarturaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	epimarturasōr	epimarturasar	epimarturasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epimarturatōr	epimarturatar	epimarturatēr
ye 2nd person plural	epimarturavōr	epimarturavar	epimarturavēr
they 3rd person plural	epimarturalōr	epimarturalar	epimarturalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	epimarturamoiō	epimarturamoia
you 2nd person singular	epimarturasoiō	epimarturasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	epimarturatoiō	epimarturatoia
we 1st person plural	epimarturanoiō	epimarturanoia
ye 2nd person plural	epimarturavoiō	epimarturavoia
they 3rd person plural	epimarturaloiō	epimarturaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epimarturarō	epimarturari	epimarturara	epimarturarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	epimarturarōtos1×ἐπιμαρτυρῶν	epimarturaritos	epimarturaratos	epimarturarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

epimarturstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

epimartur is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

epimarturarōtos“testifying”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

1 Peter 5:12“testifying”Dia Silouanou vi tou pistou adelfou, hōs logizemō, dia oligoiu grafama, parakalarōtos kai epimarturarōtos houtan arō alēthan charian tou theou; eis han histanavar.Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.