Word: | martuv martus |
Pronunciation: | mar'-toos |
Origin: | of uncertain affinity |
Source: | TDNT - 4:474,564 |
Kind: | n m |
In AV: | witness 29, martyr 3, record 2 |
Count: | 34 |
Definition: | 1) a witness
1a) in a legal sense
1b) an historical sense
1b1) one who is a spectator of anything, e.g. of a contest
1c) in an ethical sense
1c1) those who after his example have proved the strength and
genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a
violent death
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