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verb

Greekἐπιμαρτυρέω (epimartureō)
Biblang

epimarturamō

Strong’sG1957

I testify earnestly

stem epimartur-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* 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.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ἐπιμαρτῠρ-έω,
bear witness to a thing, depose to, ἐ. ἡμῖν τὰ ὀνόματα μὴ.. κεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 397a; ἐ. τι πρός τινας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 22; τὰ χρήματα ἅ κα ἐπιμαρτυρήσωντι of which they admit the possession, Refs: with infinitive, τῶν πραγμάτων -ούντων τὴν δύναμιν αὐξάνεσθαι NT+1st c.AD+:— passive, to be confirmed by evidence, Refs
2. bear witness in favour of, τινί 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.57J.
II. Astrology texts, support by aspect, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III. in middle, adjure, τισὶ μὴ ποιέειν τι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.93 (as variant for{ἐπιμαρτύρομαι}).

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

testifying1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
epimarturarōntosἐπιμαρτυρῶνhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculinetestifying1×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularepimarturamōepimarturameepimarturamiepimarturamaepimarturamēepimarturamelē
you 2nd person singularepimarturasōepimarturaseepimarturasiepimarturasaepimarturasēepimarturaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimarturatōepimarturateepimarturatiepimarturataepimarturatēepimarturatelē
we 1st person pluralepimarturanōepimarturaneepimarturaniepimarturanaepimarturanēepimarturanelē
ye 2nd person pluralepimarturavōepimarturaveepimarturaviepimarturavaepimarturavēepimarturavelē
they 3rd person pluralepimarturalōepimarturaleepimarturaliepimarturalaepimarturalēepimarturalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularepimarturameiōepimarturameiaepimarturameiē
you 2nd person singularepimarturaseiōepimarturaseiaepimarturaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimarturateiōepimarturateiaepimarturateiē
we 1st person pluralepimarturaneiōepimarturaneiaepimarturaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralepimarturaveiōepimarturaveiaepimarturaveiē
they 3rd person pluralepimarturaleiōepimarturaleiaepimarturaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularepimarturasōrepimarturasarepimarturasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimarturatōrepimarturatarepimarturatēr
ye 2nd person pluralepimarturavōrepimarturavarepimarturavēr
they 3rd person pluralepimarturalōrepimarturalarepimarturalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularepimarturamoiōepimarturamoia
you 2nd person singularepimarturasoiōepimarturasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularepimarturatoiōepimarturatoia
we 1st person pluralepimarturanoiōepimarturanoia
ye 2nd person pluralepimarturavoiōepimarturavoia
they 3rd person pluralepimarturaloiōepimarturaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceepimarturarōepimarturariepimarturaraepimarturarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voiceepimarturarōntos1×ἐπιμαρτυρῶνepimarturarintosepimarturarantosepimarturarēntos

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+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

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

1 Peter 5:12… logizomō, dia oligoiu grafama, parakalarōntos kai epimarturarōntos houtan arō alēthan charitan tou theou; …… to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace …