μαρτύρομαι (μάρτυρ), [in LXX: Jdth.7:28, 1Ma.2:56 א)*;] to summon as witness (M,
Th., 25 f; Hort, 1Pe, 53 f; Lft,
Notes, 29; Ga 203), hence, (a)
to protest, affirm solemnly: before ὅτι, Act.20:26, Gal.5:3; (b)
to adjure, beseech: with dative of person(s), Act.26:22; with accusative and inf, Eph.4:17; before εἰς, 1Th.2:12 (cf. δια, προ-μαρτύρομαι). (
AS)