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Strong's #3144 - μάρτυς
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μάρτῠς, ὁ, ἡ,
Cret., Epid. μαῖτυς Leg.Gort. 1.13, al., IG 42(1).42, Cret. also μαίτυρς GDI 4998 v ii; gen. μάρτῠρος, acc. - ῠρα Hes. Op. 371, etc., formed from μάρτυρ (q. v.), exc. acc. μάρτῠν Simon. 84. 4, Men. 1034, Plu. 2.49a; dat. pl. μάρτῠσι (but μάρτυρσι prob. in Hippon. 51): —
I witness (not in Hom.), Hes. l.c., h.Merc. 372, Thgn. 1226, etc.; ἄμμιν μάρτυς ἔστω Ζεύς Pi. P. 4.167, cf. A. Eu. 664; ἁμέραι δ' ἐπίλοιποι μ. σοφώτατοι Pi. O. 1.34; τούτων μάρτυρας καλῶ θεούς S. Tr. 1248, cf. E. Ph. 491; μάρτυρα θέσθαι τινά Id. Supp. 261; μ. θεοὺς ποιεῖσθαι Th. 4.87, etc.; μάρτυρι χρῆσθαί τινι Arist. Rh. 1375b30; μάρτυρας παρέχεσθαι produce witnesses, Pl. Grg. 471e, cf. D. 27.51, etc.; μάρτυρες παρίστανται X. Cyr. 1.6.16; μάρτυρα παράγεσθαι, μάρτυρας ἐπάγεσθαι, Pl. Lg. 836c, R. 364c; δικάζει ταῦτα μαρτύρων ὅπο A. Supp. 934; μαρτύρων ἐναντίον Antipho 1.28, Ar. Ec. 448; ἐν μάρτυσι Pl. Smp. 175e; τί δεῖται μάρτυρος; Id. R. 340a.
II martyr, Revelation 2:13, etc.
III Astrol., in aspect, μάρτυρες ἀλλήλων Man. 4.451. (Cf. μάρτυρ, μάρτυρος.)
μάρτυς
(Æolic μάρτυρ ), -υρος , ὁ (also ἡ ),
[in LXX for H5707;]
a witness: Acts 10:41, 1 Timothy 6:12, 2 Timothy 2:2, Hebrews 12:1 (Westc., in l); in forensic sense, Matthew 18:16; Matthew 26:65, Mark 14:63, Acts 6:13; Acts 7:58, 2 Corinthians 13:1, 1 Timothy 5:19, Hebrews 10:28; c. gen. obj., Luke 24:48, Acts 1:22; Acts 2:32; Acts 3:15; Acts 5:32; Acts 10:39; Acts 26:16, 1 Peter 5:1; c. gen. poss., Acts 1:8; Acts 13:31, Revelation 11:3; c. dat. pers., Luke 11:48, Acts 22:15; of Christ, Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14; of God, Romans 1:9, 2 Corinthians 1:23, Philippians 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; of those who have witnessed for Christ by their death (in later Xn. lit., martyr: Swete, Ap., 35), Acts 22:20, Revelation 2:13; Revelation 17:6.†
μάρτυρ , see μάρτυς .
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The plur. μάρτυρες is naturally very common, introducing the names of ";witnesses"; to any contract or legal document, e.g. P Elepn 1.16 (B.C. 311–0) (= Selections, p. 4), P Hib I. 89.19 (B.C. 239), P Magd 12.3 (B.C. 217) with the editor’s note, P Grenf I. 27iii. 7 (B.C 109), P Ryl II. 153.45 (A.D. 138–61). Other exx, of the word are P Lille I. 29i. 31 (iii/B.C.) ἐναντίον μὴ ἔλασσον ἢ δύο μαρτύρων (cf. Matthew 18:16), P Par 46.10 (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski, 2 p. 86) σὲ αὐτὸν μάρτυρα ἐπισπάσω ̣ P Ryl II. 160(a).6 (A.D. 14–37) ἐπιτε [τάχα ]μεν τοῖς μάρτυσι γράφειν, ";we have instructed the witnesses to sign,"; P Oxy X.1298.10 (iv/A.D.) σὲ γὰρ μόνον ἔχω μάρτυρα, and the Christian ib. VIII. 1162.14 (iv/A.D.) Ἐμμ (ανουὴ)λ μάρτ (υς ?), ";Emmanuel is my witness."; For God as witness, see P Gen I. 54.6 (iv/A.D.) μάρτυρός ἐστιν ὁ [θ ]εὸς ὅτι οὐ διὰ λῆ [μ ]μα μάχομε, ἀλλὰ μάχομε διὰ σέ. In the important calendar of church services at Oxyrhynchus, P Oxy XI. 1357 (A.D. 535–6), mention is made of a service to be held—.5 εἰς τὴν μαρτύρ (ων), ";at the Martyrs’"; : see the editors’ note ad l. On the early use of μάρτυς to denote one who sealed his testimony with his blood see Lightfoot ad Clem. Rom. v. In MGr the form has changed to μάρτυρας.
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