μαθητής mathētēs

Greek word for “disciple” · Strong’s G3101 · used 261 times in 246 verses

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Meaning

μαθητής, -οῦ, ὁ (μανθάνω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for mathētēs in context, with how often each is used:

• disciples 233
• disciple 27
• disciple,s 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (11), John 20 (11), John 21 (10), John 6 (9), Mark 8 (7), John 18 (7), Matthew 15 (6), Luke 9 (6), John 4 (6), Acts 9 (6)

Forms

• μαθηταὶ 92
• μαθητῶν 45
• μαθηταῖς 41
• μαθητὰς 35
• μαθηταί 17
• μαθητὴς 14
• μαθητής 6
• μαθητάς 4
• μαθητῇ 3
• μαθητὴν 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mathētēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 28
• μετά meta “with/after” 29
• προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 15
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 22
• τότε tote “then” 17
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 16
• πολύς polus “much” 19
• ἀκολουθέω akoloutheō “to follow” 12
• δύο duo “two” 13
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 12
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 12
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 11

Key verses

The verses using mathētēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 16:21 — From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and…
• Matthew 16:24 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Matthew 22:16 — And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest…
• Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his…
• Luke 12:1 — In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his…
• Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my…
• John 2:11 — This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
• John 8:31 — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
• John 20:19 — Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and…
• Acts 6:1 — And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were…
• Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• Acts 19:9 — But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.