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μάρτυς
mártys · Greek · Strong's G3144 · 35 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “record”
What it means
a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a "martyr"
of uncertain affinity;
How the KJV renders it
martyr, record, witness
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“record”
“witness”
also renders martyría (G3141), martýrion (G3142), diamartýromai (G1263), ʻêd (H5707), shâmaʻ (H8085)
Questions this word decides
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Did Jesus claim to be God?
Where it appears
35 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Peter 5:1 N-NSM1 Thessalonians 2:5 N-NSM1 Thessalonians 2:10 N-NPM1 Timothy 5:19 N-GPM1 Timothy 6:12 N-GPM2 Corinthians 1:23 N-ASM2 Corinthians 13:1 N-GPM2 Timothy 2:2 N-GPMActs 1:8 N-NPMActs 1:22 N-ASMActs 2:32 N-NPMActs 3:15 N-NPMActs 5:32 N-NPMActs 6:13 N-APMActs 7:58 N-NPMActs 10:39 N-NPMActs 10:41 N-DPMActs 13:31 N-NPMActs 22:15 N-NSMActs 22:20 N-GSMActs 26:16 N-ASMHebrews 10:28 N-DPMHebrews 12:1 N-GPMLuke 11:48 N-NPMLuke 24:48 N-NPMMatthew 18:16 N-GPMMatthew 26:65 N-GPMMark 14:63 N-GPMPhilippians 1:8 N-NSMRevelation 1:5 N-NSMRevelation 2:13 N-NSMRevelation 3:14 N-NSMRevelation 11:3 N-DPMRevelation 17:6 N-GPMRomans 1:9 N-NSM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.