Word Study · Strong's G3144 · Greek
μάρτυς
martys
mar'-toos
Strong's 1890 spelling: mártys
“a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case))”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
Rendered in the KJV as
martyr, record, witness.
- 35occurrencesin the New Testament
- 13 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 35 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- μάρτυρες7
- μάρτυς6
- μάρτυρα3
- μαρτύρων3
- μάρτυρές2
- μαρτύρων,2
- μαρτύρων;2
- μάρτυσιν2
- μάρτυρας1
- μάρτυρες.1
- μάρτυρός1
- μαρτύρων.1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- witnesses15
- witness4
- a witness3
- Witness3
- witnesses.3
- of witnesses?2
- as witness1
- of witnesses,1
- to [the] witnesses1
- witness —1
- witnesses,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural10
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural9
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular8
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural3
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NPM · 10
- N-GPM · 9
- N-NSM · 8
- N-ASM · 3
- N-DPM · 3
- N-APM · 1
- N-GSM · 1
All 35, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Acts13 of 35 · 37%
- Revelation5 of 35 · 14%
- Matthew2 of 35 · 6%
- Luke2 of 35 · 6%
- 2 Corinthians2 of 35 · 6%
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 18:16μαρτύρωνmarturōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralBut if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’here: witnesses
- Matthew 26:65μαρτύρων;marturōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAt this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.here: of witnesses?
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 11:48μάρτυρέςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralSo you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.here: witnesses
- Luke 24:48μάρτυρεςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralYou are witnesses of these things.here: witnesses
Acts13 occurrences
- Acts 1:8μάρτυρεςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”here: witnesses
- Acts 1:22μάρτυραmarturanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularbeginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”here: a witness
- Acts 2:32μάρτυρες.marturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralGod has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.here: witnesses.
- Acts 3:15μάρτυρέςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralYou killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.here: witnesses
- Acts 5:32μάρτυρεςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralWe are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”here: witnesses
- Acts 6:13μάρτυραςmarturasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralwhere they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.here: witnesses
- Acts 7:58μάρτυρεςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThey dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.here: witnesses
- Acts 10:39μάρτυρεςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralWe are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,here: witnesses
- Acts 10:41μάρτυσινmartusinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralnot by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.here: to [the] witnesses
- Acts 13:31μάρτυρεςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraland for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.here: witnesses
- Acts 22:15μάρτυςmartusnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularYou will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.here: a witness
- Acts 22:20μάρτυρόςmarturosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAnd when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’here: witness
- Acts 26:16μάρτυραmarturanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singular‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.here: a witness
2 Corinthians2 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 1:23μάρτυραmarturanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularI call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.here: as witness
- 2 Corinthians 13:1μαρτύρωνmarturōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralThis is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”here: witnesses
Philippians1 occurrence
1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
- 1 Thessalonians 2:5μάρτυς,martusnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAs you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!here: witness —
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10μάρτυρεςmarturesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralYou are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.here: witnesses
1 Timothy2 occurrences
- 1 Timothy 5:19μαρτύρων.marturōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralDo not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.here: witnesses.
- 1 Timothy 6:12μαρτύρων.¶marturōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralFight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.here: witnesses.
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 10:28μάρτυσινmartusinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralAnyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.here: witnesses
- Hebrews 12:1μαρτύρων,marturōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralTherefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.here: of witnesses,
Revelation5 occurrences
- Revelation 1:5μάρτυςmartusnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularand from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,here: witness
- Revelation 2:13μάρτυςmartusnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularI know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.here: witness
- Revelation 3:14μάρτυςmartusnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularTo the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.here: Witness
- Revelation 11:3μάρτυσίνmartusinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralAnd I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”here: witnesses
- Revelation 17:6μαρτύρωνmarturōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralI could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.here: witnesses