Dictionaries :: Testimony

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Testimony:

(1.) Witness or evidence (2Th 1:10).

(2.) The Scriptures, as the revelation of God's will (2Ki 11:12; Psa 19:7; 119:88; Isa 8:16,20).

(3.) The altar raised by the Gadites and Reubenites (Jos 22:10).

Nave's Topical Bible

Testimony: Legal:

See EVIDENCE; WITNESSES

Ark of,

        see ARK

Testimony: Religious:

1Ch 16:8, 9; Psa 9:11; 18:49; 26:6, 7; 119:27, 172; 145:11, 12; Isa 12:4-6; 32:4; 43:10; 44:8; 45:24; Jer 51:10; Mat 5:15; 10:32; Mar 4:21; 5:16, 19, 20; Luk 8:16, 38, 39; 12:8, 9; 24:48; Jhn 4:28-30, 39, 41, 42; 15:27; Act 1:8, 22; Rom 10:9, 10; 1Cr 1:5, 6; 12:3; 13:1; Eph 5:19; Phl 3:7-14; 1Ti 6:12, 13; 2Ti 1:8; Hbr 2:3, 12; 1Pe 3:15; 5:1; Rev 12:11

See CONFESSION

Testimony: Religious, Exemplified:

Job 19:25-27; Psa 16:5-9; 18:2, 3, 35, 36; 22:22; 23:1-6; 26:12; 27:1-6, 13; 28:6-8; 30:1-6; 34:1-4, 8, 9; 35:28; 40:1-3, 9; 54:7; 57:7-9; 62:1, 2; 66:16-20; 71:15-18, 24; 73:23-26, 28; 77:12; 89:1; 91:2-13; 116:1-14; 119:13, 26, 27, 46, 67, 71; 145:4-7, 10-12; Dan 4:1-37; Jhn 9:17, 30-33; Act 2:4-11; 3:15; 4:18-20; 5:31, 32; 13:31; 22; 26:12-23; 1Cr 15:15; 2Cr 4:13, 14; 5:1; Gal 2:20; Phl 3:4-14; 2Ti 1:12; 4:7, 8; Tts 1:1, 2; 3:3-7; 1Pe 5:12; 2Pe 1:16; 1Jo 1:1-4

Thematic Subject Guide

Testimony:

1Ch 16:8-9Job 19:25-27Psa 9:11; Psa 16:5-9; Psa 18:2-3; Psa 18:35-36; Psa 18:49; Psa 22:22; Psa 23:1-6; Psa 26:6-7; Psa 26:12; Psa 27:1-6; Psa 27:13; Psa 28:6-8; Psa 30:1-6; Psa 34:1-4; Psa 34:8-9; Psa 35:28; Psa 40:1-3; Psa 40:9; Psa 57:7-9; Psa 62:1-2; Psa 66:16-20; Psa 71:15-18; Psa 71:24; Psa 73:23-26; Psa 73:28; Psa 77:12; Psa 89:1; Psa 91:2-13; Psa 116:1-14; Psa 119:13; Psa 119:26-27; Psa 119:46; Psa 119:67; Psa 119:71; Psa 119:172; Psa 145:4-7; Psa 145:10-12Isa 12:4-6; Isa 32:4; Isa 43:10; Isa 45:24Jer 51:10Dan4:1-3; Dan 4:34-37Mar 4:21; Mar 5:16; Mar 5:19-20Luk 8:38-39; Luk 12:8-9; Luk 24:48Jhn 4:28-30; Jhn 4:39; Jhn 4:41-42; Jhn 9:17; Jhn 9:30-33; Jhn 15:27Act 1:8; Act 1:22; Act 2:4-11; Act 3:15; Act 4:18-20; Act 5:31-32; Act 13:31; Act 26:12-23Rom 10:9-101Cr 1:5-6; 1Cr 12:3; 1Cr 13:1; 1Cr 15:152Cr 4:13-14; 2Cr 5:1Gal 2:20Eph 5:19Phl 3:4-141Ti 6:12-132Ti 1:8; 2Ti 1:12; 2Ti 4:7-8Tts 1:1-2; Tts 3:3-7Hbr 2:31Pe 3:15; 1Pe 5:1; 1Pe 5:122Pe 1:161Jo 1:1-4Rev 12:11

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

1Strong's Number: g3142Greek: marturion

Testimony:

"a testimony, witness," is almost entirely translated "testimony" in both AV and RV. The only place where both have "witness" is Act 4:33. In Act 7:44; Jam 5:3, the RV has "testimony" (AV, "witness").

In 2Th 1:10, "our testimony unto you," RV, refers to the fact that the missionaries, besides proclaiming the truths of the gospel, had borne witness to the power of these thruths. Kerugma, "the thing preached, the message," is objective, having especially to do with the effect on the hearers; marturion is mainly subjective, having to do especially with the preacher's personal experience. In 1Ti 2:6 the RV is important, "the testimony (i.e., of the gospel) to be borne in its own times," i.e., in the times Divinely appointed for it, namely, the present age, from Pentecost till the church is complete. In Rev 15:5, in the phrase, "the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in Heaven," the "testimony" is the witness to the rights of God, denied and refused on earth, but about to be vindicated by the exercise of the judgments under the pouring forth of the seven bowls or vials of Divine retribution.
See WITNESS.

2Strong's Number: g3141Greek: marturia

Testimony:

"witness, evidence, testimony," is almost always rendered "witness" in the RV (for AV, "testimony" in Jhn 3:32, 33; 5:34; 8:17; 21:24, and always for AV, "record," e.g., 1Jo 5:10, 11), except in Act 22:18 and in the Apocalypse, where both, with one exception, have "testimony," Act 1:2, is objective, the "testimony" or witness given to Him (cp. Act 1:2, 9; as tothose who will bear it, see Rev 12:17, RV). The statement "the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy," is to be understood in the light, e.g., of the "testimony" concerning Christ and Israel in the Psalms, which will be used by the godly Jewish remnant in the coming time of "Jacob's Trouble." All such "testimony" centers in and points to Christ.
See WITNESS.