μαθητής

μαθητής — mathētḗs

μαθητής, μαθητοῦ, ὁ (μανθάνω), a learner, pupil, disciple: universally, opposed to διδάσκαλος, Mat 10:24; Luk 6:40; τίνος, one who follows one's teaching: Ἰωάννου, Mat 9:14; Luk 7:18 (19); Joh 3:25; τῶν Φαρισαίων, Mat 22:16; Mar 2:18; Luk 5:33; Μωϋσέως, Joh 9:28; of Jesus — in a wide sense, in the Gospels, those among the Jews who favored him, joined his party, became his adherents: Joh 6:66; Joh 7:3; Joh 19:38; ὄχλος μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, Luk 6:17; οἱ μαθητοι αὐτοῦ ἱκανοί, Luk 7:11; ἅπαν τό πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν, Luk 19:31; but especially the twelve apostles: Mat 10:1; Mat 11:1; Mat 12:1; Mar 8:27; Luk 8:9; Joh 2:2; Joh 3:22, and very often; also simply οἱ μαθηταί, Mat 13:10; Mat 14:19; Mar 10:24; Luk 9:16; Joh 6:11 (Rec.), etc.; in the Acts οἱ μαθηταί are all those who confess Jesus as the Messiah, Christians: Acts 6:1f, 7; Act 9:19; Act 11:26, and often; with τοῦ κυρίου added, Act 9:1. The word is not found in the O. T, nor in the Epistles of the N. T., nor in the Apocalypse; in Greek writings from (Herodotus), Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato down.