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διαμαρτύρομαι

Strong’s: G1263

Associated OET lemmas: διαμαρτύρομαι

Notes: It is possible that διαμαρτύρομαι[a] is somewhat stronger and more emphatic than μαρτύρομαι[a], but this cannot be shown from NT contexts.; It is possible that διαμαρτύρομαι[b] is somewhat more emphatic in connotation than μαρτύρομαι[b], but this cannot be determined from existing contexts.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: μαρτυρέω

Sense 1: to declare, to assert, to testify

Semantic entry: 33.223

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Assert, Declare

Definition: to make a serious declaration on the basis of presumed personal knowledge{N:001}

ACT 8:25: RV ACT 8:25 · LV ACT 8:25 · Read together ACT 8:25

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OET-RV ACT 8:25

25 After that, Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) continued to testify and proclaim the good message about the master in many villages around Shomron (Samaria) before they returned to Yerushalem (Jerusalem).

OET-LV ACT 8:25

25 Therefore they indeed, having _testified and having _spoken the message of _the master, were _returning to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and they _were _evangelizing many villages of _the Samareitaʸs/(Shomrōn).

ACT 10:42: RV ACT 10:42 · LV ACT 10:42 · Read together ACT 10:42

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OET-RV ACT 10:42

42 He commanded us to tell the people, and to testify that he is the one who God has designated to be the judge of the living and the dead.

OET-LV ACT 10:42

42 And he _commanded to _us to _proclaim to _the people, and to _testify that this one is the one having _been _designated by the god, as _judge of_the_living and the_dead.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 8:25 · RV ACT 10:42 · RV ACT 18:5 · RV ACT 20:21 · RV ACT 20:23–24 · RV ACT 23:11 · RV ACT 28:23 · LV ACT 8:25 · LV ACT 10:42 · LV ACT 18:5 · LV ACT 20:21 · LV ACT 20:23–24 · LV ACT 23:11 · LV ACT 28:23 · Read together ACT 8:25 · Read together ACT 10:42 · Read together ACT 18:5 · Read together ACT 20:21 · Read together ACT 20:23–24 · Read together ACT 23:11 · Read together ACT 28:23

TH1: RV TH1 4:6 · LV TH1 4:6 · Read together TH1 4:6

TI2: RV TI2 2:14 · LV TI2 2:14 · Read together TI2 2:14

HEB: RV HEB 2:6 · LV HEB 2:6 · Read together HEB 2:6

Sense 2: to insist

Semantic entry: 33.319

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Insist

Definition: to be emphatic in stating an opinion or desire{N:002}

ACT 2:40: RV ACT 2:40 · LV ACT 2:40 · Read together ACT 2:40

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OET-RV ACT 2:40

40 Then Kefa shared further teaching with them and encouraged them to save themselves out from this corrupt generation.

OET-LV ACT 2:40

40 Both with_ more _other messages he _testified, and was _exhorting them saying:
Be _saved from this the crooked the generation.

TI1 5:21: RV TI1 5:21 · LV TI1 5:21 · Read together TI1 5:21

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OET-RV TI1 5:21

21 I am telling you these things in the sight of God and Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) the messiah and the chosen messengers so that you can put them into practice without any favouritism or partiality.

OET-LV TI1 5:21

21 I _am _testifying before the god, and chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), and the chosen messengers, in _order _that you _may _keep these things apart _from prejudice, doing nothing according _to partiality.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 2:40 · LV ACT 2:40 · Read together ACT 2:40

TI1: RV TI1 5:21 · LV TI1 5:21 · Read together TI1 5:21

TI2: RV TI2 4:1 · LV TI2 4:1 · Read together TI2 4:1

Sense 3: to warn

Semantic entry: 33.425

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Warn

Definition: to admonish or instruct with regard to some future happening or action, with the implication of personal knowledge or experience

LUK 16:28: RV LUK 16:28 · LV LUK 16:28 · Read together LUK 16:28

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OET-RV LUK 16:28

28 because I have five brothers. Then he can warn them about this place of torment so that they won’t also come here.’

OET-LV LUK 16:28

28 for/because I _am _having five brothers, so _that he _may _be _testifying to _them, in _order _that they may_ not also _come to the this place of_ the _torment.

ACT 20:23: RV ACT 20:23 · LV ACT 20:23 · Read together ACT 20:23

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OET-RV ACT 20:23

23 I just know that recently in every city, the holy spirit tells me that chains and hardships are waiting for me.

OET-LV ACT 20:23

23 except that the the holy spirit in _every city is _testifying to _me, saying that bonds and tribulations are _remaining me.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 16:28 · LV LUK 16:28 · Read together LUK 16:28

ACT: RV ACT 20:23 · LV ACT 20:23 · Read together ACT 20:23

TH1: RV TH1 4:6 · LV TH1 4:6 · Read together TH1 4:6