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Strong's Number G3144

μάρτυς
martus · mar'-toos
Transliteration:
martus{mar'-toos}
Word Origin:
of uncertain affinity
TDNT:
4:474,564
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Strong's Definition:
a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
Usage in the KJV:
witness 29, martyr 3, record 2

Total: 34
Occurs 35 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. a witness
    1. in a legal sense
    2. an historical sense
      1. one who is a spectator of anything, e.g. of a contest
    3. in an ethical sense
      1. those who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a violent death
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament