What does νέφος · μάρτυς mean in the Bible?
νέφος · μάρτυς is a Greek phrase meaning "cloud of witnesses; multitude bearing testimony".
Greek · G3509, G3144
νέφος μαρτύρων
A cloud · witness
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νέφος G3509 a cloud
Pronunciation néphos
Dense multitude of people, evoking cloud imagery for overwhelming crowds surrounding believers.
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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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What does νέφος μαρτύρων (nephos martyrōn) mean in the Bible?
νέφος · μάρτυς is a Greek phrase meaning "cloud of witnesses; multitude bearing testimony".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3509, G3144?
G3509, G3144 is connected to 1 lexical occurrence verse in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. cloud of witnesses; multitude bearing testimony
Source Gloss
cloud of witnesses; multitude bearing testimony
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Heb 12:1 1×
Word Origins
νέφος μαρτύρων is a primary word - 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