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knows”; it is used (a) of God, Rom. 1:9; 2 Cor. 1:23; Phil. 1:8; 1 Thess. 2:5, 10 (2nd
part); (b) of Christ, Rev. 1:5; 3:14; (c) of those who “witness” for Christ by their death,
Acts 22:20; Rev. 2:13; Rev. 17:6; (d) of the interpreters of God’s counsels, yet to
“witness” in Jerusalem in the times of the Antichrist, Rev. 11:3; (e) in a forensic sense,
Matt. 18:16; 26:65; Mark 14:63; Acts 6:13; 7:58; 2 Cor. 13:1; 1 Tim. 5:19; Heb. 10:28;
(f) in a historical sense, Luke 11:48; 24:48; Acts 1:8, 22; 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 10:39, 41;
13:31; 22:15; 26:16; 1 Thess. 2:10 (1st part); 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:2; Heb. 12:1, “(a
cloud) of witnesses,” here of those mentioned in ch. 11, those whose lives and actions
testified to the worth and effect of faith, and whose faith received “witness” in Scripture;
1 Pet. 5:1.¶
2.
$
(
$ $&
, 3141), “testimony, a bearing witness,” is translated “witness”
in Mark 14:55, 56, 59; Luke 22:71; John 1:7, 19 (
RV
); 3:11, 32 and 33 (
RV
); 5:31, 32, 34
(
RV
), 36;
RV
in 8:13, 14, 17; 19:35; 21:24;
KJV
in Titus 1:13;
KJV
and
RV
in 1 John 5:9
(thrice), 10a;
RV
in 10b, 11; 3 John 12: see
TESTIMONY
, No. 2.
3.
$
(
$ "$
, 3142), “testimony or witness as borne, a declaration of
facts,” is translated “witness” in Matt. 24:14,
KJV
; Acts 4:33; 7:44 (
KJV
); Jas. 5:3 (
KJV
):
see
TESTIMONY
, No. 1.
4.
$
$
or
/ $
(
)
, 5571) and
)
, 3144) denotes “a false witness,”
Matt. 26:60; 1 Cor. 15:15.¶
5.
$
$
(
$ $&
, 5577), “false witness,” occurs in Matt. 15:19;
26:59.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
$
(
$ $!
, 3140) denotes (I) “to be a
$
” (see A, No. 1), or “to bear
witness to,” sometimes rendered “to testify” (see
TESTIFY
, No. 1); it is used of the witness
(a) of God the Father to Christ, John 5:32, 37; 8:18 (2nd part); 1 John 5:9, 10; to others,
Acts 13:22; 15:8; Heb. 11:2, 4 (twice), 5, 39; (b) of Christ, John 3:11, 32; 4:44; 5:31; 7:7;
8:13, 14, 18 (1st part); 13:21; 18:37; Acts 14:3; 1 Tim. 6:13; Rev. 22:18, 20; of the Holy
Spirit, to Christ, John 15:26; Heb. 10:15; 1 John 5:7, 8,
RV
, which rightly omits the latter
part of v. 7 (it was a marginal gloss which crept into the original text: see
THREE
); it finds
no support in Scripture; (c) of the Scriptures, to Christ, John 5:39; Heb. 7:8, 17; (d) of the
works of Christ, to Himself, and of the circumstances connected with His death, John
5:36; 10:25; 1 John 5:8; (e) of prophets and apostles, to the righteousness of God, Rom.
3:21; to Christ, John 1:7, 8, 15, 32, 34; 3:26; 5:33,
RV
; 15:27; 19:35; 21:24; Acts 10:43;
23:11; 1 Cor. 15:15; 1 John 1:2; 4:14; Rev. 1:2; to doctrine, Acts 26:22 (in some texts, so
KJV
; see No. 2); to the Word of God, Rev. 1:2; (f) of others, concerning Christ, Luke
4:22; John 4:39; 12:17; (g) of believers to one another, John 3:28; 2 Cor. 8:3; Gal. 4:15;
Col. 4:13; 1 Thess. 2:11 (in some texts: see No. 2); 3 John 3, 6, 12 (2nd part); (h) of the
apostle Paul concerning Israel, Rom. 10:2; (i) of an angel, to the churches, Rev. 22:16; (j)
of unbelievers, concerning themselves, Matt. 23:31; concerning Christ, John 18:23;
concerning others, John 2:25; Acts 22:5; 26:5; (II), “to give a good report, to approve of,”
Acts 6:3; 10:22; 16:2; 22:12; 1 Tim. 5:10; 3 John 12 (1st part); some would put Luke
4:22 here.¶
2.
$
(
$ "$
, 3143), strictly meaning “to summon as a witness,”
signifies “to affirm solemnly, adjure,” and is used in the middle voice only, rendered “to