1. testimony / witness / attestation — The act or content of bearing witness, giving testimony, or providing evidence, used in the NT for the testimony of John the Baptist, the witness of God concerning His Son, the testimony of Jesus, and the testimony of believers. The two clusters are singular (36x) vs. plural (1x, Rev 11:7 'testimonies') inflections of the same feminine noun martyria. All translations use one lexeme with regular number morphology: eng 'testimony/testimonies,' spa 'testimonio/testimonios,' hin gavahi (गवाही/गवाहियाँ), arb shahada/shahadat (شَهادَة/شَهَادَات), kor jeunggeo/jeungeon (증거/증언들), swa 'ushuhuda/ushahidi.' 37×
AR["-شَهَادَةٍ","الشَّهادَةُ","شَهادَة","شَهادَةٌ","شَهادَةٍ","شَهادَتُهُ","شَهَادَةً","شَهَادَةَ","شَهَادَةُ","شَهَادَتَ","شَهَادَتُ","شَهَادَتُهُمْ"]·ben["সাক্ষ্য","সাক্ষ্য,","সাক্ষ্যকে","সাক্ষ্যের"]·DE["Zeugnis"]·EN["of-testimony","testimony","witness"]·FR["témoignage"]·heb["עֵדוּת"]·HI["गवअहि","गवाही","गवाही,","गवाही-की","सकशि"]·ID["kesaksian","kesaksian,"]·IT["testimonianza"]·jav["kaseksen","paseksen","paseksen,","paseksi"]·KO["증거","증거-를","증거가","증거를","증거의","증언","증언-이","증언은","증언을","증언이"]·PT["testemunho","testemunho,"]·RU["Свидетельство","свидетельства","свидетельство","свидетельство,"]·ES["-testimonio","de-testimonio","testimonio"]·SW["ushahidi","ushuhuda"]·TR["tanıklık","tanıklıkları","tanıklığa","tanıklığı","tanıklığım","tanıklığımızı","tanıklığın","tanıklığını"]·urd["جو","میری","گواہی","گواہی،"]
Mark 14:55, Mark 14:56, Mark 14:59, Luke 22:71, John 1:7, John 1:19, John 3:11, John 3:32, John 3:33, John 5:31, John 5:32, John 5:34 (+25 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
μαρτῠρ-ία, ἡ, testimony, Διονύσου μαρτυρίῃσι Refs 8th c.BC+ his evidence, Refs 5th c.BC+; μαρτυριῶν ἀπέχεσθαι to refuse to give evidence, Refs 5th c.BC+; γράφειν μ. τινί serve him with a subpoena, Refs 4th c.BC+: in non-legal sense, commendation, πάσης μ. ἐπιτήδειον (in sense of ἄξιον) Refs 2nd c.AD+: in plural, demonstrations of favour, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II Astrology texts, aspect, Vett. Val.5.5, Refs 2nd c.AD+