- Original: μάρτυς - Transliteration: Martus - Phonetic: mar'-toos - Definition: 1. a witness a. in a legal sense b. an historical sense 1. one who is a spectator of anything, e.g. of a contest c. in an ethical sense 1. those who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in christ by undergoing a violent death - Origin: of uncertain affinity - TDNT entry: 11:54,6 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally [judicially] or figuratively [generally]); by analogy a martyr: - martyr record witness. Total KJV Occurrences: 28 • martyr, 1 Act 22:20 • martyrs, 1 Revelation 17:6 • record, 2 2 Corinthians 1:23; Philippians 1:8 • witness, 6 Act 1:22; Act 22:15; Romans 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:5; 1 Peter 5:1; Revelation 1:5 • witnesses, 18 Mat 26:65; Mar 14:63; Act 2:32; Act 3:15; Act 5:32; Act 6:13; Act 7:58; Act 10:39; Act 10:41; Act 13:31; 2 Corinthians 13:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Timothy 5:19; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:2; Hebrews 10:28; Hebrews 12:1; Revelation 11:3