Word study · Greek

martys

witness

Say it: MAR-toos (approximate)

μάρτυς

What it means

A witness. "At the mouth of two or three witnesses" (13:1), echoing Deuteronomy 19:15.

Range of meaning

  • WitnessOne who testifies.
  • MartyrOne who dies for the testimony.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 13

    "At the mouth of two or three witnesses" (13:1).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G3144 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources