What does μαθήτρια (mathḗtria) mean in the Bible?
μαθήτρια (mathḗtria): Female learner or follower in discipleship context, rare NT term emphasizing women's role in Jesus's movement.
Greek · G3102
μαθήτρια
μαθήτρια (mathḗtria): Female learner or follower in discipleship context, rare NT term emphasizing women's role in Jesus's movement.
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μαθήτριαG3102
Pronunciationmathḗtria
What does μαθήτρια (mathḗtria) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G3102?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include disciple (1).
Where does μαθήτρια (mathḗtria) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 9:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdisciple1×Acts 9:36
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First aligned rowActs 9:36
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
μαθήτρια1xmathētriaActs 9:36
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xActs 9:36
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Female learner or follower in discipleship context, rare NT term emphasizing women's role in Jesus's movement.
Strong'sG3102
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 9:32-43Source Gloss
a female pupil
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Female learner or follower in discipleship context, rare NT term emphasizing women's role in Jesus's movement.
(= μαθητρίς, fem, of μαθητής, which see) a female disciple: Act.9:36.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 9:36Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
μαθήτριαmaqhtria
a female disciple
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineActs 9:361×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
Female disciple or learner.
Word Origins
μαθήτρια is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Affirms the active participation of women in early Christian discipleship.Acts 9:32-43