Definition

to testify against

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G3140 (μαρτυρέω);

Word family

• κατά katá
• μαρτυρέω martyréō

How the KJV renders it

• witness against

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.