μάρτυς

μάρτυς — mártys

μάρτυρ, μάρτυρός, ὁ, see μάρτυς.

STRONGS NT 3144: μάρτυςμάρτυς (Aeolic μάρτυρ, a form not found in the N. T.; (etymologically one who is mindful, heeds; probably allied with Latinmemor, cf. Vanicek, p. 1201; Curtius, § 466)), μάρτυρός, accusative μάρτυρα, ὁ; plural μάρτυρες, dative plural μάρτυσι; the Sept. for עֵד; (Hesiod, Simonides, Theognis, others); a witness (one who avers, or can aver, what he himself has seen or heard or knows by any other means);

a. in a legal sense: Mat 18:16; Mat 26:65; Mar 14:63; Act 6:13; Act 7:58; 2Co 13:1; 1Ti 5:19; Heb 10:28.

b. in an historical sense: Act 10:41; 1Ti 6:12; (2Ti 2:2); one who is a spectator of anything, e. g. of a contest, Heb 12:1; with a genitive of the object, Luk 24:48; Act 1:22; Act 2:32; Act 3:15; Act 5:32 G L T Tr WH; Act 10:39; Act 26:16; 1Pe 5:1; with a genitive of the possessor 'one who testifies for one', Act 1:8 L T Tr WH;; with a genitive of the possessor and of the object, Act 5:32 Rec.; μάρτυρα εἶναι τίνι, to be a witness for one, serve him by testimony, Act 1:8 R G;; (Luk 11:48 T Tr WH). He is said to be a witness, to whose attestation appeal is made; hence, the formulas μάρτυς μου ἐστιν ὁ Θεός, Rom 1:9; Php 1:8; Θεός μάρτυς, 1Th 2:5 : μάρτυρα τόν Θεόν ἐπικαλοῦμαι, 2Co 1:23; ὑμεῖς μάρτυρες καί ὁ Θεός, 1Th 2:10; the faithful interpreters of God's counsels are called God's witnesses: Rev 11:3; Christ is reckoned among them, Rev 1:5; Rev 3:14.

c. in an ethical sense those are called μάρτυρες Ἰησοῦ, who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a violent death (cf B. D. American edition and Dict. of Chris. Antiq. under the word ): Act 22:20; Rev 2:13; Rev 17:6.