μάρτυς martus

Greek word for “witness” · Strong’s G3144 · used 35 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

μάρτυς; (Æolic μάρτυρ), -υρος, ὁ (also ἡ);

How it is translated

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

• witnesses 21
• witness 11
• witnesses? 2
• witness — 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 1 (2), Acts 10 (2), Acts 22 (2), 1 Thessalonians 2 (2), Matthew 18 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 11 (1), Luke 24 (1), Acts 2 (1)

Forms

• μαρτύρων 9
• μάρτυρες 8
• μάρτυς 7
• μάρτυρα 3
• μάρτυρές 2
• μάρτυσιν 2
• μάρτυρας 1
• μάρτυρός 1
• Μάρτυς 1
• μάρτυσίν 1

Words used with it

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

• δύο duo “two” 5
• τρεῖς treis “Three” 4
• πιστός pistos “faithful” 4
• ῥῆμα rhēma “declaration” 4
• ἵστημι histēmi “to stand” 4
• τε te “and/both” 4
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 3
• διαρρήγνυμι diarrēgnumi “to tear” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 4
• συνευδοκέω suneudokeō “to agree to” 2
• ἀγών agōn “fight” 2
• ἀποκτείνω apokteinō “to kill” 3

Key verses

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

• Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria,…
• Acts 3:15 — And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• Romans 1:9 — For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
• 1 Thessalonians 2:5 — For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10 — Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
• 1 Timothy 6:12 — Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where unto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• Hebrews 12:1 — Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and…
• 1 Peter 5:1 — The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be…
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…
• Revelation 2:13 — I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein…
• Revelation 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
• Revelation 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

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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.