μάρτυρ: Difference between revisions

|txtha=([[μάρτυς]]) (Aeolic [[μάρτυρ]], a [[form]] [[not]] [[found]] in the N. T.; (etymologically [[one]] [[who]] is [[mindful]], heeds; [[probably]] [[allied]] [[with]] Latin memor, cf. Vanicek, p. 1201; [[Curtius]], § 466)), μάρτυρός, accusative μάρτυρα, ὁ; plural μάρτυρες, dative plural μάρτυσι; the Sept. for עֵד; ([[Hesiod]], [[Simonides]], [[Theognis]], others); a [[witness]] ([[one]] [[who]] avers, or [[can]] [[aver]], [[what]] he [[himself]] has [[seen]] or [[heard]] or knows by [[any]] [[other]] [[means]]);<br /><b class="num">a.</b> in a [[legal]] [[sense]]: G L T Tr WH; L T Tr WH; μάρτυρα [[εἶναι]] τίνι, to be a [[witness]] for [[one]], [[serve]] him by [[testimony]], R G; T Tr WH). He is said to be a [[witness]], to whose [[attestation]] [[appeal]] is made; [[hence]], the formulas [[μάρτυς]] μου ἐστιν ὁ Θεός, Θεός [[μάρτυς]], μάρτυρα [[τόν]] Θεόν ἐπικαλοῦμαι, [[ὑμεῖς]] μάρτυρες καί ὁ Θεός, God's witnesses: μάρτυρες Ἰησοῦ, [[who]] [[after]] his [[example]] [[have]] proved the [[strength]] and [[genuineness]] of [[their]] [[faith]] in Christ by undergoing a [[violent]] [[death]] (cf B. D. American edition and Dict. of Chris. Antiq. [[under]] the [[word]] <TOPIC:Martyr>): Revelation 17:6.