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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Witness

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

135exact KJV occurrences 63Old Testament 72New Testament 32books containing the word 15mapped Strong's IDs 128occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 21:30

And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where witness appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH5707
עֵד

ʻêd · ayd

45 times translated as this KJV form69 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince

Strong's KJV usage: witness.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 31:44Strong's last: Malachi 3:5

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GreekG3140
μαρτυρέω

martyréō · mar-too-reh'-o

28 times translated as this KJV form89 total Strong's occurrences

to be a witness, i.e. testify (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--charge, give (evidence), bear record, have (obtain, of) good (honest) report, be well reported of, testify, give (have) testimony, (be, bear, give, obtain) witness.

Strong's first: Luke 4:22Strong's last: 3 John 1:6

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HebrewH5749
עוּד

ʻûwd · ood

5 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences

v

to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)

Strong's KJV usage: admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:26Strong's last: Malachi 2:14

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GreekG4828
συμμαρτυρέω

symmartyréō · soom-mar-too-reh'-o

2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

to testify jointly, i.e. corroborate by (concurrent) evidence

Strong's KJV usage: :--testify unto, (also) bear witness (with).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Romans 2:15Strong's last: Romans 9:1

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HebrewH6030
עָנָה

ʻânâh · aw-naw'

2 times translated as this KJV form329 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

Strong's KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 12:3Strong's last: Job 16:8

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GreekG267
ἀμάρτυρος

amártyros · am-ar'-too-ros

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

unattested

Strong's KJV usage: :--without witness.

Strong's first: Acts 14:17Strong's last: Acts 14:17

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GreekG4901
συνεπιμαρτυρέω

synepimartyréō · soon-ep-ee-mar-too-reh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to testify further jointly, i.e. unite in adding evidence

Strong's KJV usage: :--also bear witness.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Hebrews 2:4Strong's last: Hebrews 2:4

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HebrewH8085
שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences

v

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

Strong's first: Judges 11:10Strong's last: Judges 11:10

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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135 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Mark 14:60
no direct Strong's tag

And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?

Mark 15:4
no direct Strong's tag

And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

Luke 4:22
G3140

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?

Luke 11:48
G3140

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Luke 18:20
G5576

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

Luke 22:71
G3141

And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

John 1:7
G3141

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

John 1:7
G3140

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

John 1:8
G3140

He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

John 1:15
G3140

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

John 3:11
G3141

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

John 3:26
G3140

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

John 3:28
G3140

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

John 5:31
G3140

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

John 5:31
G3141

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

John 5:32
G3140

There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

John 5:32
G3141

There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

John 5:33
G3140

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

John 5:36
G3141

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 5:36
G3140

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

John 5:37
G3140

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

John 8:18
G3140

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

John 8:18
G3140

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

John 10:25
G3140

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

John 15:27
G3140

And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

witness

WITNESS, noun

1. Testimony; attestation of a fact or event.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. John 5:31.

2. That which furnishes evidence or proof.

Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Genesis 31:44.

3. A person who knows or sees any thing; one personally present; as, he was witness; he was an eye-witness. 1 Peter 5:1.

4. One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity b his testimony.

5. One who gives testimony; as, the witnesses in court agreed in all essential facts.

With a witness effectually; to a great degree; with great force, so as to leave some mark as a testimony behind. He struck with a witness [Not elegant.]

WITNESS, verb transitive

1. To see or know by personal presence. I witnessed the ceremonies in New York, with which the ratification of the constitution was celebrated, in 1788.

2. To attest; to give testimony to; to testify to something.

Behold, how many things they witness against thee. Mark 15:4.

3. To see the execution of an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.

WITNESS, verb intransitive

1. To bear testimony.

The men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth. 1 Kings 21:10.

2. To give evidence.

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them. Isaiah 3:9.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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