μάρτυς
mártys · G3144 · Greek · 35 occurrences
Meanings
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witness, one who testifies
(Derivative of μαρτυρέω ‘to witness,’) A person who witnesses
ExamplesMatthew 18:16 “But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that ON THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY MATTER MAY BE CONFIRMED.
Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? See, you have now heard the blasphemy;
Mark 14:63 Tearing his clothes, the high priest said, “What further need do we have of witnesses?
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martyr
A person who has been deprived of life as the result of bearing witness to his beliefs
ExamplesActs 22:20 ‘And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby and approving, and watching over the cloaks of those who were killing him.’
Revelation 17:6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
15 occurrences in 12 groups
- ἐγώI, we 5
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
10 occurrences in 7 groups
- δύοtwo 5
- τρεῖςthree 3
- πιστόςfaithful, trustworthy 2
- πολύςmany 2
- ἀληθινόςtrue, genuine 1
- λέγωto say 1
Named alongside itApposition
5 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- παρακαλέωto plead for, to appeal to, to encourage 1
- ἀποτίθημιto put away 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἵστημιto stand, to set 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐπικαλέομαιto call, to name, to call upon 1
- προχειρίζομαιto choose in advance 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
11 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἐγώI, we 4
- θεόςGod 4
- σύyou 2
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
- οὗτοςthis 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπίon 3
- διάthrough 2
- ἐνώπιονin front of 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- στόμαmouth 2
- χρείαneed 2
- αἷμαblood 1
- νέφοςlarge crowd 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- עֵד ʻêd · H5707 · witness, evidence, proof
- Hebrew עֵד and Greek μάρτυς both denote a witness in judicial, testimonial, and theological contexts, representing the direct translation equivalent across the Septuagint corpus with complete semantic overlap.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Martyr20.67
- This sense denotes one who suffers death as a witness to the faith. Acts 22:20 has Paul recall, “when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby and approving.”
- Witness, one who testifies33.270
- This sense denotes an ordinary witness who testifies to what has been seen or known, distinct from the martyr sense above. Acts 1:8 promises the disciples, “you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.”
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root μάρτυς
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μάρτυρός, ὁ, see μάρτυς. G3144 — μάρτυς (Aeolic μάρτυρ, a form not found in the N. T.;…
G3144 — μάρτυς
(Aeolic μάρτυρ, a form not found in the N. T.; (etymologically one who is mindful, heeds; probably allied with Latinmemor, cf. Vanicek, p. 1201; Curtius, § 466)), μάρτυρός, accusative μάρτυρα, ὁ; plural μάρτυρες, dative plural μάρτυσι; the Sept. for עֵד; (Hesiod, Simonides, Theognis, others); a witness (one who avers, or can aver, what he himself has seen or heard or knows by any other means);
a. in a legal sense: Mt 18:16; Mt 26:65; Mk 14:63; Acts 6:13; Acts 7:58; 2 Cor 13:1; 1 Tim 5:19; Heb 10:28.
b. in an historical sense: Acts 10:41; 1 Tim 6:12; (2 Tim 2:2); one who is a spectator of anything, e. g. of a contest, Heb 12:1; with a genitive of the object, Lk 24:48; Acts 1:22; Acts 2:32; Acts 3:15; Acts 5:32 G L T Tr WH; Acts 10:39; Acts 26:16; 1 Pet 5:1; with a genitive of the possessor 'one who testifies for one', Acts 1:8 L T Tr WH; ; with a genitive of the possessor and of the object, Acts 5:32 Rec.; μάρτυρα εἶναι τίνι, to be a witness for one, serve him by testimony, Acts 1:8 R G; ; (Lk 11:48 T Tr WH). He is said to be a witness, to whose attestation appeal is made; hence, the formulas μάρτυς μου ἐστιν ὁ Θεός, Rom 1:9; Phm 1:8; Θεός μάρτυς, 1 Thess 2:5: μάρτυρα τόν Θεόν ἐπικαλοῦμαι, 2 Cor 1:23; ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες καί ὁ Θεός, 1 Thess 2:10; the faithful interpreters of God's counsels are called God's witnesses: Rev 11:3; Christ is reckoned among them, Rev 1:5; Rev 3:14.
c. in an ethical sense those are called μάρτυρες Ἰησοῦ, who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a violent death (cf B. D. American edition and Dict. of Chris. Antiq. under the word ): Acts 22:20; Rev 2:13; Rev 17:6.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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