STRONGS G1263:
διαμαρτύρομαι; deponent middle; imperfect
διεμαρτυρόμην (
Acts 2:40 Rec.); 1 aorist
διεμαρτυράμην; in the
Sept. mostly for
הֵעִיד; often in Greek writings from Xenophon down; see a multitude of examples from them in
Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 20ff;
to call gods and men to witness [
διά, with the interposition of gods and men; cf. Ellicott (after Winer's) on
1 Timothy 5:21];
1. to testify, i. e. earnestly, religiously to charge: followed by an imperative
Acts 2:40;
ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ κ.
Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ,
2 Timothy 4:1 (
2 Kings 17:13; Xenophon, Cyril 7, 1, 17
σὺ μὴ πρότερον ἔμβαλλε τοῖς πολεμίοις,
διαμαρτύρομαι,
πρίν, etc.); also with
ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ κτλ. followed by
ἵνα [cf. Buttmann, 237 (204)],
1 Timothy 5:21 (followed by
μή,
Exodus 19:21); followed by the infinitive
2 Timothy 2:14 [not Lachmann] (
Nehemiah 9:26).
2. to attest, testify to, solemnly affirm:
Acts 20:23;
1 Thessalonians 4:6;
Hebrews 2:6; followed by
ὅτι,
Acts 10:42; with the dative of person
to give solemn testimony to one, Luke 16:28; with the accusative of the object
to confirm a thing by (the interposition of)
testimony, to testify, cause it to be believed:
τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου,
Acts 8:25;
τὸ εὐαγγέλιον,
Acts 20:24;
τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ,
Acts 28:23; for all the apostolic instruction came back finally to testimony respecting things which they themselves had seen or heard, or which had been disclosed to them by divine revelation (
Acts 1:21;
Acts 5:32;
Acts 10:41;
Acts 22:18); with the addition of
εἰς and an accusative of the place unto which the testimony is borne:
τὰ περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς Ἱερουσ.
Acts 23:11; with the addition of a dative of the person to whom the testimony is given:
τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τὸν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, the Messianic dignity of Jesus,
Acts 18:5;
Ἰουδ.
τὴν μετάνοιαν καὶ πίστιν, the necessity of repentance and faith,
Acts 20:21 (
τῇ Ἱερουσ.
τὰς ἀνομίας, into what sins she has fallen,
Ezekiel 16:2).
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