"to testify or bear witness together with another, confirm, add testimony, Rom. 2:15; 8:16; 9:1*"
Definition and meaning
to testify or bear witness together with another, confirm, add testimony, Rom. 2:15; 8:16; 9:1*
In the original Greek the word is written: συμμαρτυρέω
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of symmartyreo (G4828) across the King James Bible.
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
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Common questions
Strong's G4828 (symmartyreo) is a Greek word that means: to testify or bear witness together with another, confirm, add testimony, Rom. 2:15; 8:16; 9:1* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word symmartyreo (G4828) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4828 is symmartyreo, a Greek word defined as: to testify or bear witness together with another, confirm, add testimony, Rom. 2:15; 8:16; 9:1*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
symmartyreo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.