BibleTools

Greek/Hebrew Definitions



Strong's #3144: martus (pronounced mar'-toos)

of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr":-- martyr, record, witness.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

́

martus

1) a witness

1a) in a legal sense

1b) an historical sense

1b1) one who is a spectator of anything, e.g. of a contest

1c) in an ethical sense

1c1) those who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a violent death

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: of uncertain affinity

Citing in TDNT: 4:474, 564




Usage:

This word is used 34 times:

Matthew 18:16: "of two or three witnesses every word may be established."
Matthew 26:65: "further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his"
Mark 14:63: "What need we any further witnesses?"
Luke 24:48: "And ye are witnesses of these things."
Acts 1:8: "you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,"
Acts 1:22: "must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection."
Acts 2:32: "we all are witnesses."
Acts 3:15: "whereof we are witnesses."
Acts 5:32: "we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also"
Acts 6:13: "And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth"
Acts 7:58: "and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at"
Acts 10:39: "And we are witnesses of all things which he did both"
Acts 10:41: "the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us,"
Acts 13:31: "who are his witnesses unto the people."
Acts 22:15: "For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what"
Acts 22:20: "the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also"
Acts 26:16: "thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and"
Romans 1:9: "God is my witness, whom I serve with my"
2 Corinthians 1:23: "I call God for a record upon my soul, that"
2 Corinthians 13:1: "of two or three witnesses shall every word be established."
Philippians 1:8: "God is my record, how greatly I long after you all"
1 Thessalonians 2:5: "as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:"
1 Thessalonians 2:10: "Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly"
1 Timothy 5:19: "before two or three witnesses."
1 Timothy 6:12: "a good profession before many witnesses."
2 Timothy 2:2: "me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men,"
Hebrews 10:28: "two or three witnesses:"
Hebrews 12:1: "with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and"
1 Peter 5:1: "I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and"
Revelation 1:5: "Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the"
Revelation 2:13: "wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among"
Revelation 3:14: "faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation"
Revelation 11:3: "I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore"
Revelation 17:6: "the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her,"









©Copyright 1992-2024 Church of the Great God.   Contact C.G.G. if you have questions or comments.
Close
E-mail This Page