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μάρτυς (martus) means “witness” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

μάρτυς Greek · G3144 35 tagged occurrences in 35 verses

Pronunciation guide: mar'-toos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3144

μάρτυς · martus · witness

μάρτυς (Æolic μάρτυρ), -υρος, ὁ (also ἡ), [in LXX for עֵד ;] a witness: Act.10:41, 1Ti.6:12, 2Ti.2:2, Heb.12:1 (Westc., in l); in forensic sense, Mat.18:16 26:65, Mrk.14:63, Act.6:13 7:58, 2Co.13:1, 1Ti.5:19, Heb.10:28; with genitive obj., Luk.24:48, Act.1:22 2:32 3:15 5:32 10:39 26:16, 1Pe.5:1; with genitive poss., Act.1:8 13:31, Rev.11:3; with dative of person(s), Luk.11:48, Act.22:15; of Christ, Rev.1:5 3:14; of God, Rom.1:9, 2Co.1:23, Php.1:8, 1Th.2:5 2:10; of those who have witnessed for Christ by their death (in later Xn. lit., martyr: Swete, Ap., 35), Act.22:20, Rev.2:13 17:6.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a witness; an eye- or ear-witness.

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How translators render G3144

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
witnesses 20
witness 8
a witness 2
are witnesses 1
as a witness 1
by the witnesses 1
of witnesses 1
our witness 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
witnesses 17
witness 5
a witness 3
martyr 2
of witnesses 2
the 2
for a record 1
of 1
of the martyrs 1
record 1
the witnesses 1
unto witnesses 1

Verses containing G3144

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  1. Matthew 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But 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.’

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  2. Matthew 26:65 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At 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.

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  3. Mark 14:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses?

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  4. Luke 11:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

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  5. Luke 24:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are witnesses of these things.

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  6. Acts 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But 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.”

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  7. Acts 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    beginning 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.”

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  8. Acts 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

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  9. Acts 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.

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  10. Acts 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

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  11. Acts 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

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  12. Acts 7:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They 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.

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  13. Acts 10:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We 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,

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  14. Acts 10:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    not 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.

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  15. Acts 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.

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  16. Acts 22:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

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  17. Acts 22:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And 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.’

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  18. Acts 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘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.

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  19. Romans 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

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  20. 2 Corinthians 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

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  21. 2 Corinthians 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

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  22. Philippians 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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  23. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

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  24. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

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  25. 1 Timothy 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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  26. 1 Timothy 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Fight 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.

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  27. 2 Timothy 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the things that you have heard me say among many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be qualified to teach others as well.

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  28. Hebrews 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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  29. Hebrews 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, 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.

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  30. 1 Peter 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:

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  31. Revelation 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and 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,

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  32. Revelation 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

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  33. Revelation 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To 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.

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  34. Revelation 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

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  35. Revelation 17:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I 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.

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