Witnessing!                   What is Witnessing. Here is some dictionary, and concordance meanings for the word witness, witnesser, and witnessing.  There is a lot of information here. From: The Merriam- Webster ONLINE,Dictionary Etymology: Middle English witnesse, from Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from 2wit 1 : attestation of a fact or event : TESTIMONY 2 : one that gives evidence; specifically : one who testifies in a cause or before a judicial tribunal 3 : one asked to be present at a transaction so as to be able to testify to its having taken place 4 : one who has personal knowledge of something 5 a : something serving as evidence or proof : SIGN b : public affirmation by word or example of usually religious faith or conviction <the heroic witness to divine life. From:  Encarta ONLINE Dictionary wit·ness [ wíítn?ss noun (plural wit·ness·es) Definitions: 1. somebody who sees occurrence: somebody who gives evidence after seeing or hearing something 2. signatory of document: somebody who signs a document to show that it, or another signature, is genuine 3. somebody who testifies to Christian beliefs: somebody who publicly states his or her strong Christian beliefs 4. public statement of Christian beliefs: a public statement of strong personal Christian beliefs verb (past and past participle wit·nessed, present participle wit·ness·ing, 3rd person present singular wit·ness·es) Definitions: 1. transitive verb see something happen: to see something happen, especially a crime or an accident 2. transitive verb countersign document: to affirm the authenticity of a document or a signature on a document by signing it 3. transitive verb experience important events: to experience important events or changes, or be the time in which they occur 4. transitive verb be sign of something: to be a sign or proof of something that is happening 5. intransitive verb speak publicly about religious beliefs: to talk in public about strong personal Christian beliefs [ Old English witnes < wit (see wit1)] witnessing somebody who sees occurrence witness (n) observer, spectator, bystander, onlooker, eyewitness, watcher. FROM: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible From: Strong's  enhanced Lexicon 5713 hd;[e    Hebrew [`edah /aydaw/] n f. From 5707 in its technical sense; TWOT 1576c, 1576e; GK 6338; 26 occurrences; AV translates as “testimonies” 22 times, and “witness” four times. 1 testimony, witness. 1a always plural and always of laws as divine testimonies. 5707 d[e [`ed /ayd/] n m. Contracted from 5749; TWOT 1576b; GK 6332; 69 occurrences; AV translates as “witness” 69 times. 1 witness. 1a witness, testimony, evidence (of things). 1b witness (of people). 5715 tWd[e [`eduwth /ay dooth/] n f. From 5707; TWOT 1576f; GK 6343; 59 occurrences; AV translates as “testimony” 55 times, and “witness” four times. 1 testimony. 6030 twNœ [`anah /aw naw/] v. A primitive root; TWOT 1650, 1653; GK 4361 and 6410 and 6699 and 6702; 329 occurrences; AV translates as “answer” 242 times, “hear” 42 times, “testify” 12 times, “speak” eight times, “sing” four times, “bear” three times, “cry” twice, “witness” twice, “give” once, and translated miscellaneously 13 times. 1 to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout. 1a (Qal). 1a1 to answer, respond to. 1a2 to testify, respond as a witness. 1b (Niphal). 1b1 to make answer. 1b2 to be answered, receive answer. 2 (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully. 3 (Qal) to dwell. Greek 3140 marturevw [martureo /mar too reh o/] v. From 3144; TDNT 4: 474; TDNTA 564; GK 3455; 79 occurrences; AV translates as “bear witness” 25 times, “testify” 19 times, “bear record” 13 times, “witness” five times, “be a witness” twice, “give testimony” twice, “have a good report” twice, and translated miscellaneously 11 times.  1 to be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration. 1a to give (not to keep back) testimony. 1b to utter honourable testimony, give a good report. 1c conjure, implore. 4828 summarturevw [summartureo /soom mar too reh o/] v. From 4862 and 3140; TDNT 4:508; TDNTA 564; GK 5210; Four occurrences; AV translates as “also bear witness” twice, “testify unto” once, and “bear witness with” once.  1 to bear witness with, bear joint witness. 4901 sunepimarturevw [sunepimartureo /soon ep ee mar too reh o/] v. From 4862 and 1957; TDNT 4:508; TDNTA 564; GK 5296; AV translates as “also bear witness” once.  1 at attest together with. 2 to join in bearing witness, to unite in adding testimony. NEXT PAGE