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μαθητής

mathētēsdiscipleHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine262 occurrences5 books247 verses

Definition

μαθητής, -οῦ, ὁ (μανθάνω),

[in LXX only as seel. (A) in Jeremiah 13:21; 20:11 26(46):9 * ;]

a disciple: opposite to διδάσκαλος, Matthew 10:24, Luke 6:40; Ἰωάννου, Matthew 9:14, Luke 7:18, John 3:25; τ. Φαρισσίων, Matthew 22:16, Mark 2:18, Luke 5:33; Μωυσέως, John 9:28; Ἰησοῦ, Luke 6:17; 7:11; 19:37, John 6:66; 7:3; 19:38; esp. the twelve, Matthew 10:1; 11:1, Mark 7:17, Luke 8:9, John 2:2, al.; later, of Christians generally, Acts 6:1, 2, 7; 9:19, al.; τ. κυρίου, Acts 9:1.

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

262 total
  1. Acts 15:10μαθητῶν · disciples
    Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
  2. Acts 16:1μαθητής · disciple
    Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
  3. Acts 18:23μαθητάς · disciples
    After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
  4. Acts 18:27μαθηταῖς · disciples [there]
    When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
  5. Acts 19:1μαθητάς · disciples
    While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
  6. Acts 19:9μαθητάς · disciples
    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
  7. Acts 19:30μαθηταί · disciples
    Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
  8. Acts 20:1μαθητὰς · disciples
    When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
  9. Acts 20:30μαθητὰς · disciples
    Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
  10. Acts 21:4μαθητὰς · disciples
    We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
  11. Acts 21:16μαθητῶν · disciples; μαθητῇ · disciple
    Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.