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μαρτύριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαρτύριον μαρτυρίου

Structure: μαρτυρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. testimony, evidence, proof
  2. martyrdom
  3. shrine of a martyr

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἁβραάμ, ὅτι τὰσ ἑπτὰ ἀμνάδασ λήψῃ παῤ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα ὦσί μοι εἰσ μαρτύριον, ὅτι ἐγὼ ὤρυξα τὸ φρέαρ τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:30)
  • νῦν οὖν δεῦρο διαθώμεθα διαθήκην ἐγώ τε καὶ σύ, καὶ ἔσται εἰσ μαρτύριον ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ, εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ. ἰδοὺ οὐδεὶσ μεθ̓ ἡμῶν ἐστιν, ἰδέ, ὁ Θεὸσ μάρτυσ ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:44)
  • λαβόντεσ τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ νόμου τούτου θήσετε αὐτὸ ἐκ πλαγίων τῆσ κιβωτοῦ τῆσ διαθήκησ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται ἐκεῖ ἐν σοὶ εἰσ μαρτύριον. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 31:26)
  • ἀλλ’ ἵνα ᾖ τοῦτο μαρτύριον ἀνὰ μέσον ἡμῶν καὶ ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν γενεῶν ἡμῶν μεθ’ ἡμᾶσ, τοῦ λατρεύειν λατρείαν Κυρίου ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ἐν τοῖσ καρπώμασιν ἡμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ θυσίαισ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ θυσίαισ τῶν σωτηρίων ἡμῶν. καὶ οὐκ ἐροῦσι τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν τοῖσ τέκνοισ ἡμῶν αὔριον. οὐκ ἔστιν ὑμῖν μερὶσ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 22:27)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦσ πρὸσ τὸν λαόν. ἰδοὺ ὁ λίθοσ οὗτοσ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσ μαρτύριον, ὅτι αὐτὸσ ἀκήκοε πάντα τὰ λεχθέντα αὐτῷ ὑπὸ Κυρίου, ὅ,τι ἐλάλησε πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ σήμερον. καὶ οὗτοσ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσ μαρτύριον ἐπ’ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, ἡνίκα ἂν ψεύσησθε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 24:27)
  • καὶ εἴπομεν. ἐὰν γένηταί ποτε καὶ λαλήσωσι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ καὶ ταῖσ γενεαῖσ ἡμῶν αὔριον, καὶ ἐροῦσιν. ἴδετε ὁμοίωμα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου Κυρίου, ὃ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρεσ ἡμῶν οὐχ ἕνεκεν καρπωμάτων οὐδὲ ἕνεκεν θυσιῶν, ἀλλὰ μαρτύριόν ἐστιν ἀνὰ μέσον ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ἡμῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν υἱῶν ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 22:28)

Synonyms

  1. shrine of a martyr

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