What does μαθητεύω (mathēteúō) mean in the Bible?
μαθητεύω (mathēteúō): To make someone a disciple through teaching and commitment, not merely to follow passively
Greek · G3100
μαθητεύω
To disciple
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μαθητεύω G3100
Pronunciation mathēteúō
What does μαθητεύω (mathēteúō) mean in the Bible?
μαθητεύω (mathēteúō): To make someone a disciple through teaching and commitment, not merely to follow passively
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3100?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include made many disciples (1), make disciples (1), was a disciple (1), who has been discipled (1).
Where does μαθητεύω (mathēteúō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:52. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Acts (1).
Are there verse guides for μαθητεύω (mathēteúō)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It made many disciples 1× Acts 14:21
make disciples 1× Matthew 28:19
was a disciple 1× Matthew 27:57
who has been discipled 1× Matthew 13:52
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:52 μαθητευθεὶς to who has been discipled Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 27:57 ἐμαθητεύθη to was a disciple Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 28:19 μαθητεύσατε to make disciples Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Acts 14:21 μαθητεύσαντες to made many disciples Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:52
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 3 Acts 1
Source forms
ἐμαθητεύθη 1x emathēteuthē Matthew 27:57
μαθητευθεὶς 1x mathēteutheis Matthew 13:52
μαθητεύσαντες 1x mathēteusantes Acts 14:21
μαθητεύσατε 1x mathēteusate Matthew 28:19
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Matthew 28:19
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Matthew 27:57
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 14:21
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 13:52
Key Verse and Form Guides
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. To make someone a disciple through teaching and commitment, not merely to follow passively
Source Gloss
to disciple
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To make someone a disciple through teaching and commitment, not merely to follow passively
(μαθητής),
1intrans. (as prop. vb. in -εύω, and so Plut., mor. 837 with and elsew.), to be a disciple: with dative, Mat.27:57 (Rec., WH, mg.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:52 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
μαθητευθεὶς maqhteuqeiv
I make disciples, make into disciples
Read verse Matthew 27:57 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἐμαθήτευσε emaqhteusen
I make disciples, make into disciples
Read verse maqhteusate
I make disciples, make into disciples
Read verse Acts 14:21 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
μαθητεύσαντες maqhteusantev
I make disciples, make into disciples
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist Voices Passive, Active
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Passive Matt 13:52 1×
Aorist Active Acts 14:21 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Passive Matt 27:57 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4
Voice
active 2 passive 2
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
μαθητεύω is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain