μάρτυςmártys

a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"

Greek (New Testament) · G3144

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 35 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 18:16 But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.
  • Matthew 26:65 Then the high priest tore his clothing to show his horror and said, “Blasphemy! Why do we need other witnesses? You have all heard his blasphemy.
  • Mark 14:63 Then the high priest tore his clothing to show his horror and said, “Why do we need other witnesses?
  • Luke 11:48 But in fact, you stand as witnesses who agree with what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments!
  • Luke 24:48 You are witnesses of all these things.
  • Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.