Katamartyreo means “witness against” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2649 — chippazon (“haste”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2649 καταμαρτυρέω (katamartureo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katamartureo (kat-am-ar-too-reh'-o) v. 1. to testify against [from G2596 and G3140] It has 14 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include against. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
katamartureo (kat-am-ar-too-reh'-o) v. 1. to testify against [from G2596 and G3140] KJV: witness against Root(s): G2596, G3140
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to testify against
Usage: κατα-μαρτυρέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Job.15:6, Pro.25:18 (עָנָה), al. ;] to bear witness againt: with accusative of thing(s) and genitive of person(s), Mat.26:62 27:13, Mrk.14:60.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render katamartureo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2649 (καταμαρτυρέω) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
4 indexed usages in New Testament.
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And set two men, sons of transgressors, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, He blessed God and the king: and let them lead him forth, and stone him, and let him die.
And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: And thy lips shall testify against thee.
6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
First 14 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2649.
And set two men, sons of transgressors, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, He blessed God and the king: and let them lead him forth, and stone him, and let him die.
And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: And thy lips shall testify against thee.
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
And Daniel continued till the first year of King Cyrus.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2649, grouped by book.
Katamartyreo (Strong's G2649) is a Greek word most simply glossed "witness against". katamartureo (kat-am-ar-too-reh'-o) v. 1. to testify against [from G2596 and G3140]
This page currently indexes 14 linked usages for Strong's G2649 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2649 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as against. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2649, with linked reader references where each row is available.