What does μάρτυς · πιστός mean in the Bible?
μάρτυς · πιστός is a Greek phrase meaning "the reliable and true witness".
Greek · G3144, G4103
ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός
Witness · objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful
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μάρτυς G3144 witness
Pronunciation mártys
One who testifies to facts personally observed, especially Christ's resurrection or God's character in covenant.
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πιστός G4103 objectively, trustworthy; subjectively, trustful
Pronunciation pistós
Dual nature: passive sense means trustworthy/reliable; active sense means believing/faithful in trust.
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What does ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός (ho martys ho pistos) mean in the Bible?
μάρτυς · πιστός is a Greek phrase meaning "the reliable and true witness".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3144, G4103?
G3144, G4103 is connected to 35 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. the reliable and true witness
Source Gloss
the reliable and true witness
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 35 Case pattern Nominative (18) Number pattern Plural (23)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 11:48 · Luke 24:48 · Acts 1:8 · Acts 2:32 · Acts 3:15 · Acts 5:32 · Acts 7:58 · Acts 10:39 · Acts 13:31 · 1 Thess 2:10 10×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 22:15 · Rom 1:9 · Phil 1:8 · 1 Thess 2:5 · 1 Pet 5:1 · Rev 1:5 · Rev 2:13 · Rev 3:14 8×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 18:16 · Matt 26:65 · Mark 14:63 · 2 Cor 13:1 · 1 Tim 5:19 · 1 Tim 6:12 · 2 Tim 2:2 · Heb 12:1 · Rev 17:6 9×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 22:20 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 10:41 · Heb 10:28 · Rev 11:3 3×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 1:22 · Acts 26:16 · 2 Cor 1:23 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 6:13 1×
Word Origins
ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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