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Lexicon :: Strong's G3144 - martys

Aa
μάρτυς
Transliteration
martys (Key)
Pronunciation
mar'-toos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:474,564

Strong’s Definitions

μάρτυς mártys, mar'-toos; of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr":—martyr, record, witness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G3144 in the following manner: witness (29x), martyr (3x), record (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G3144 in the following manner: witness (29x), martyr (3x), record (2x).

  1. a witness

    1. in a legal sense

    2. an historical sense

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

    3. in an ethical sense

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάρτυς mártys, mar'-toos; of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr":—martyr, record, witness.
STRONGS 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: Matthew 18:16; Matthew 26:65; Mark 14:63; Acts 6:13; Acts 7:58; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Timothy 5:19; Hebrews 10:28.
b. in an historical sense: Acts 10:41; 1 Timothy 6:12; (2 Timothy 2:2); one who is a spectator of anything, e. g. of a contest, Hebrews 12:1; with a genitive of the object, Luke 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 Peter 5:1; with a genitive of the possessor 'one who testifies for one', Acts 1:8 L T Tr WH; Acts 13:31; 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; Acts 22:15; (Luke 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, Romans 1:9; Philippians 1:8; Θεός μάρτυς, 1 Thessalonians 2:5: μάρτυρα τόν Θεόν ἐπικαλοῦμαι, 2 Corinthians 1:23; ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες καί ὁ Θεός, 1 Thessalonians 2:10; the faithful interpreters of God's counsels are called God's witnesses: Revelation 11:3; Christ is reckoned among them, Revelation 1:5; Revelation 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; Revelation 2:13; Revelation 17:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
18:16; 26:65
Mark
14:63
Luke
11:48; 24:48
Acts
1:8; 1:8; 1:22; 2:32; 3:15; 5:32; 5:32; 6:13; 7:58; 10:39; 10:41; 13:31; 22:15; 22:20; 26:16
Romans
1:9
2 Corinthians
1:23; 13:1
Philippians
1:8
1 Thessalonians
2:5; 2:10
1 Timothy
5:19; 6:12
2 Timothy
2:2
Hebrews
10:28; 12:1
1 Peter
5:1
Revelation
1:5; 2:13; 3:14; 11:3; 17:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3144 matches the Greek μάρτυς (martys),
which occurs 55 times in 45 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:47 - And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1 - And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:18 - And he took up his parable, and said,
Rise up, Balak, and hear;
Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 - Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 - One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:11 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:5 - And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:6 - And Samuel said unto the people, It is Jehovah that appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:23 - And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between thee and me for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:19 -
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And he that voucheth for me is on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 -
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries:
For false witnesses are risen up against me,
And such as breathe out cruelty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:11 -
Unrighteous witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I know not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:37 -
It shall be established for ever as the moon,
And as the faithful witness in the sky.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19 -
A false witness that uttereth lies,
And he that soweth discord among brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:17 -
He that uttereth truth showeth forth righteousness;
But a false witness, deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:19 -
The lip of truth shall be established for ever;
But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:5 -
A faithful witness will not lie;
But a false witness uttereth lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:25 -
A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 -
A false witness shall not be unpunished;
And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:9 -
A false witness shall not be unpunished;
And he that uttereth lies shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:28 -
A false witness shall perish;
But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:28 -
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause;
And deceive not with thy lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:2 - and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 - Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 - Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12 - I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - because they have wrought folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I commanded them not; and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:25 - And thou hast said unto me, O Lord Jehovah, Buy thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5 - Then they said to Jeremiah, Jehovah be a true and faithful witness amongst us, if we do not according to all the word wherewith Jehovah thy God shall send thee to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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