Word Summary
mathētēs: a disciple
Original Word: μαθητήςTransliteration: mathētēs
Phonetic Spelling: (math-ay-tes')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a disciple
Meaning: a disciple
Strong's Concordance
disciple.
From manthano; a learner, i.e. Pupil -- disciple.
see GREEK manthano
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3101: μαθητήςμαθητής,
μαθητοῦ,
ὁ (
μανθάνω),
a learner, pupil, disciple: universally, opposed to
διδάσκαλος,
Matthew 10:24;
Luke 6:40;
τίνος, one who follows one's teaching:
Ἰωάννου,
Matthew 9:14;
Luke 7:18 (19);
John 3:25;
τῶν Φαρισαίων,
Matthew 22:16;
Mark 2:18;
Luke 5:33;
Μωϋσέως,
John 9:28; of Jesus — in a wide sense, in the Gospels, those among the Jews who favored him, joined his party, became his adherents:
John 6:66;
John 7:3;
John 19:38;
ὄχλος μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ,
Luke 6:17;
οἱ μαθητοι αὐτοῦ ἱκανοί,
Luke 7:11;
ἅπαν τό πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν,
Luke 19:31; but especially
the twelve apostles:
Matthew 10:1;
Matthew 11:1;
Matthew 12:1;
Mark 8:27;
Luke 8:9;
John 2:2;
John 3:22, and very often; also simply
οἱ μαθηταί,
Matthew 13:10;
Matthew 14:19;
Mark 10:24;
Luke 9:16;
John 6:11 (
Rec.), etc.; in the Acts
οἱ μαθηταί are all those who confess Jesus as the Messiah, Christians:
Acts 6:1f, 7;
Acts 9:19;
Acts 11:26, and often; with
τοῦ κυρίου added,
Acts 9:1. The word is not found in the O.
T, nor in the Epistles of the N. T., nor in the Apocalypse; in Greek writings from (
Herodotus),
Aristophanes,
Xenophon,
Plato down.