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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 35 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:16 - But if he will not give ear to you, take with you one or two more, that by the lips of two or three witnesses every word may be made certain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:65 - Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:63

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:63 - And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:48 - So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:48 - You are witnesses of these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:8 - But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:22 - Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:32 - This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:15 - And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:32 - And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:13 - And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:58 - Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - And we are witnesses of all the things which he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they put to death, hanging him on a tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:41 - Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:31 - And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:15 - For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:16 - But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:9 - For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:23 - But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:1 - This is the third time that I am coming to you. From the mouth of two or three witnesses will every word be made certain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:8 - For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:5 - For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:10 - You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:19 - Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:12 - Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:2 - And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:28 - A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1 - For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:1 - I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13 - I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:14 - And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:3 - And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:6 - And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.
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