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Strong's #3101 - μαθητής
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- a learner, pupil, disciple
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μᾰθητ-ής, οῦ, ὁ,
learner, pupil, τῆς Ἑλλάδος Hdt. 4.77, Mosch. 3.95, etc.; of dancing, SIG 1094.6 (Eleusis, iv B. C.): freq. in Att. of the pupils of philosophers and rhetoricians, οὐ θέμις πλὴν τοῖς μ. λέγειν Ar. Nu. 140; οἱ Πρωταγόρου μ. Pl. Prt. 315a, al.; ἐμοὺς μαθητάς Id. Ap. 33a: c. gen. rei, τούτου τοῦ μαθήματος μ. a studento fit, Id. R. 618c; μ. ἰατρικῆς a student of medicine, ib. 599c; μ. περί τινος Id. La. 186e; apprentice, POxy. 725.15 (ii A. D.).
μαθητής, μαθητοῦ, ὁ (μανθάνω), a learner, pupil, disciple: universally, opposed to διδάσκαλος, Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40; τίνος, one who follows one's teaching: Ἰωάννου, Matthew 9:14; Luke 7:18 (19); John 3:25; τῶν Φαρισαίων, Matthew 22:16; Mark 2:18; Luke 5:33; Μωϋσέως, John 9:28; of Jesus — in a wide sense, in the Gospels, those among the Jews who favored him, joined his party, became his adherents: John 6:66; John 7:3; John 19:38; ὄχλος μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, Luke 6:17; οἱ μαθητοι αὐτοῦ ἱκανοί, Luke 7:11; ἅπαν τό πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν, Luke 19:31; but especially the twelve apostles: Matthew 10:1; Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1; Mark 8:27; Luke 8:9; John 2:2; John 3:22, and very often; also simply οἱ μαθηταί, Matthew 13:10; Matthew 14:19; Mark 10:24; Luke 9:16; John 6:11 (Rec.), etc.; in the Acts οἱ μαθηταί are all those who confess Jesus as the Messiah, Christians: Acts 6:1f, 7; Acts 9:19; Acts 11:26, and often; with τοῦ κυρίου added, Acts 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.
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μαθμτής , -οῦ , ὁ
(μανθάνω ),
[in LXX only as v.l. (A) in Jeremiah 13:2; Jeremiah 20:11; Jeremiah 46:9 *;]
a disciple: opp. to διδάσκαλος , Matthew 10:24, Luke 6:40; Ἰωάννου , Matthew 9:14, Luke 7:18, John 3:25; τ . Φαρισαίων , Matthew 22:16, Mark 2:18, Luke 5:33; Μωυσέως , John 9:28; Ἰησοῦ , Luke 6:17; Luke 7:11; Luke 19:3, John 6:66; John 7:3; John 19:38; esp. the twelve, Matthew 10:1; Matthew 11:1, Mark 7:17, Luke 8:9, John 2:2, al.; later, of Christians generally, Acts 6:1-2; Acts 6:7; Acts 9:19, al.; τ . κυρίου , Acts 9:1. †
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In a return of hieroglyphic inscribers, P Oxy VII. 1029.25 (A.D. 107), the ἱερόγλυφοι declare on oath that the list is exhaustive, and that there were no apprentices or strangers versed in their art—ὀμνύομεν. . . μηδὲ ἔχει [ν ] μαθητὰς ἢ ἐπιξένους χρωωμένους (l. χρωμ -) τῇ τέχνῃ εἰς τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν. The word is probably (to be read in BGU I. 328 i. 24 (ii/A.D.). The distinction between μάθημα and μάθησις is well seen in PSI I. 94.8 f. (ii/A.D.) προσεδρεύει ἰς τὰ μαθήματα · ζηλοῖ γὰρ τὴν μάθησιν, ";he is regular in attendance at his studies, for he is eager in acquiring knowledge"; : cf. also P Oxy X. 1296.6 (iii/A.D.) ἀμερίμνη οὖν, πάτερ, χάριν τῶν μαθημάτων ἡμῶν, ";do not be anxious, father, about my studies"; (Edd.), ib. IV. 724.8 (A.D. 155) πρὸς μάθησιν σημείων —contract of apprenticeship to a shorthand-writer, and from the inscrr. IMAe VII. 449.7 πᾶσαν μάθησιν ὑμνοποιὸν ἐνδιδούς. MGr μαθητής, plur. μαθητές or μαθητάδες.
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