συνεπιμαρτῠρ-έω G4901
to bear witness together, add corroborating testimony, jointly attest
The author of Hebrews describes God's multi-faceted confirmation of the gospel: signs, wonders, miracles, and distributions of the Spirit 'bearing witness together' with the apostolic message. This compound verb (συν + επι + μαρτυρέω) intensifies the collaborative attestation—not solitary testimony but convergent evidence. German 'mitbezeugen' and Spanish 'dando testimonio juntamente' emphasize the collective corroboration, essential to early Christian apologetics.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Heb 2:4 depicts divine signs corroborating the salvation message proclaimed by eyewitnesses. The term suggests layered validation: human preaching plus divine attestation, working in concert. Multilingual glosses consistently render the joint-witness motif ('bearing witness with,' 'mitbezeugen'), underscoring the forensic context where multiple witnesses establish truth. 1×
AR["شَاهِدًا-مَعَهُمْ"]·ben["সাক্ষ্য-দিতে-দিতে"]·DE["mitbezeugen"]·EN["bearing-witness-with"]·FR["mitbezeugen"]·heb["בְּהֵעִיד-יַחַד"]·HI["साथ-गवाही-देते-हुए"]·ID["dengan-turut-menyaksikan"]·IT["sunepimarturountos"]·jav["nyekseni-sesarengan"]·KO["함께-증거하시되"]·PT["co-testemunhando"]·RU["сосвидетельствующего"]·ES["dando-testimonio-juntamente"]·SW["Mungu-akishuhudia-pamoja"]·TR["birlikte-tanıklık-eden"]·urd["گواہی-دینے-والے"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
συνεπιμαρτῠρ-έω, join in attesting, NT+4th c.BC+; τινι with one, Refs 2nd c.BC+; add one's evidence, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II Astrology texts, to be also configurate, of planets, Refs 2nd c.BC+