δια-μαρτύρομαι ; dep. mid.; impf. διεμαρτυρόμην (Acts ii. 40 Ree.); 1 aor. διεμαρτυράμην; in Sept. mostly for vy; often in Grk. writ. fr. Xen. down; see a multitude of exx. fr. them in Win. De verb. comp. etc. Pt. v. p. 20 566. to call gods and men to witness [ διά, with the int erposition of gods and men; ef. Ellic. (after Win.) on 1 Tim. v. 21]; 1. to testify, i. 6. earnestly, religiously to charge: foll. by an impv. Acts ii. 40; ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ x. Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, 2 Tim. iv.1, (2 K. xvii. 13; Xen. Cyr. 7, 1,17 σὺ μὴ πρότερον ἔμβαλλε τοῖς πολεμίοις, διαμαρτύρομαι, πρίν ete.) ; also with ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ κτλ. foll. by ἵνα [ οἵ. B. 237 (204)], 1 Tim. v. 21, (foll. by μή, Ex. xix. 21); foll. by the inf. 2 Tim. ii. 14 [not Lehm.], (Neh. ix. 26). 2. to altest, testify to, solemnly affirm: Acts xx. 23; 1 Th. iv. 6; Heb. ii. 6; foll. by ὅτι, Acts x. 42; with dat. of pers. to give solemn testimony to one, Lk. xvi. 28; with ace. of the obj. to confirm a thing by (the interposition of) testimony, to testify, cause it to be believed: τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου, Acts Vili. 25; τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, Acts xx. 245 τὴν Bar σιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, Acts xxviii. 23; for all the apostolic in- | struction came back finally to testimony respecting things which they themselves had seen or heard, or which had been disclosed to them by divine revelation, (Acts i. 21 86.; ν. 32; χ. 41; xxii. 18) ; with the addition of εἰς and an acc. of the place unto which the testimony is borne: τὰ περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς Ἱερουσ. Acts xxiii. 11; with the addition of a dat. of the pers. to whom the testimony is given : τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τὸν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, the Messianic dignity of Jesus, Acts xviii. 5; Ἰουδ. τὴν μετάνοιαν καὶ πίστιν, the necessity of repentance and faith, Acts xx. 21, (τῇ Ἱερουσ. τὰς ἀνομίας, into what sins she has fallen, Ezek. xvi. 2).

διαμαρτύρομαι diamartyromai 15x

to make solemn affirmation, protest; to make a solemn and earnest charge, Lk. 16:28; Acts 2:40; to declare solemnly and earnestly, Acts 8:25; 18:5

δια-μαρτύρομαι, depon., of Ionic origin, intensive of the simple μαρτύρομαι, q.v.,

[in LXX chiefly for עוּד hi., usually c. dat. pers., De 4:26 8:19, I Ki 8:9, al. ;]

solemnly to protest: Lk 16:28, Ac 2:40 8:25 10:42 18:5 20:21, 23, 24 23:11 28:23, I Th 4:6, He 2:6; in adjuration, seq. ἐνώπιον τ. θεοῦ, I Ti 5:21, II Ti 2:14 4:1 (Cremer, 415).†

διαμαρτύρομαι. Nageli, p. 24, gives this among Ionic words in the Kovwn, on the strength of its meaning eseugen, versichern, in Attic, but evmahnen in the Hellenistic of Paul. But ‘solemn and emphatic utterance” seems to be the note of NT use throughout ; and this is not far from the sufficiently Attic Demosthenes, as Callicles 4 (p. 1273) οὐδ᾽ ἀπηγόρευσεν οὐδὲ διεμαρτύparo, ‘he neither forbad it nor formally protested ” (Sandys & Paley—see their note). The verb occurs in P Petr II. 2 the former it seems to have acc. pers. See Milligan’s note, Thess. p. 51. From a much later period we may quote BGU III. 8367 (time of Justinian) διεμαρτύραντο δὲ ἡμᾶς ἐγγράφως διὰ τοῦ λογ]ιωτάτου ἐκδίκου κτλ. For the subst. διαμαρτυρία, see P Lond 4837? (A.D. 616) (= II. p. 328), BGU 11. 669 werso4 (Byz.).

διαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai) — to testify solemnly. διαμαρτύρομαι [ῡ], aorist 1 -μαρτῡράμην: perfect -μεμαρτύρημαι [ῠ], deponent verb:—absolutely, call gods and men to witness, protest solemnly, especially in case of falsehood or wrong, βοᾶν καὶ δ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. μή.., with infinitive, [Refs]; δ. ὅπως μή.., with future, [Refs]; δ. τινὶ μὴ ποιεῖν protest against his doing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; call to witness, ὑμῖν τὸν οὐρανόν [LXX]

2. generally, protest, asseverate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative, bear witness to, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον [NT]; testify, [LXX]; τῇ Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὰς ἀνομίας αὐτῆς[LXX]

3. absolutely, beg earnestly of one, conjure him, [NT+5th c.BC+]; δ. τινὰ ἵνα.. [NT]