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Lexicon :: Strong's G3101 - mathētēs

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μαθητής
Transliteration
mathētēs (Key)
Pronunciation
math-ay-tes'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:415,552

Strong’s Definitions

μαθητής mathētḗs, math-ay-tes'; from G3129; a learner, i.e. pupil:—disciple.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 269x

The KJV translates Strong's G3101 in the following manner: disciple (268x), variations of 'disciple' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 269x
The KJV translates Strong's G3101 in the following manner: disciple (268x), variations of 'disciple' (1x).

  1. a learner, pupil, disciple

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μαθητής mathētḗs, math-ay-tes'; from G3129; a learner, i.e. pupil:—disciple.
STRONGS G3101:
μαθητής, 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:14; 10:1; 10:24; 11:1; 12:1; 13:10; 14:19; 22:16
Mark
2:18; 8:27; 10:24
Luke
5:33; 6:17; 6:40; 7:11; 7:18; 8:9; 9:16; 19:31
John
2:2; 3:22; 3:25; 6:11; 6:66; 7:3; 9:28; 19:38
Acts
6:1; 6:7; 9:1; 9:19; 11:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3101 matches the Greek μαθητής (mathētēs),
which occurs 30 times in 28 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15 - During this time, when about 120 believers[fn] were together in one place, Peter stood up and addressed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:1 - But as the believers[fn] rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:2 - So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:7 - So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:1 - Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers.[fn] So he went to the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:10 - Now there was a believer[fn] in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, “Ananias!”
“Yes, Lord!” he replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:19 - Afterward he ate some food and regained his strength. Saul stayed with the believers[fn] in Damascus for a few days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:25 - So during the night, some of the other believers[fn] lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:26 - When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he had truly become a believer!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:38 - But the believers had heard that Peter was nearby at Lydda, so they sent two men to beg him, “Please come as soon as possible!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:26 - When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people. (It was at Antioch that the believers[fn] were first called Christians.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:29 - So the believers in Antioch decided to send relief to the brothers and sisters[fn] in Judea, everyone giving as much as they could.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:52

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:52 - And the believers[fn] were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:20 - But as the believers[fn] gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:28 - And they stayed there with the believers for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - So why are you now challenging God by burdening the Gentile believers[fn] with a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors were able to bear?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:1 - Paul went first to Derbe and then to Lystra, where there was a young disciple named Timothy. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:23 - After spending some time in Antioch, Paul went back through Galatia and Phrygia, visiting and strengthening all the believers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:27 - Apollos had been thinking about going to Achaia, and the brothers and sisters in Ephesus encouraged him to go. They wrote to the believers in Achaia, asking them to welcome him. When he arrived there, he proved to be of great benefit to those who, by God’s grace, had believed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:1 - While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:9 - But some became stubborn, rejecting his message and publicly speaking against the Way. So Paul left the synagogue and took the believers with him. Then he held daily discussions at the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:30 - Paul wanted to go in, too, but the believers wouldn’t let him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:1 - When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers[fn] and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:7 - On the first day of the week, we gathered with the local believers to share in the Lord’s Supper.[fn] Paul was preaching to them, and since he was leaving the next day, he kept talking until midnight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:30 - Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:4 - We went ashore, found the local believers,[fn] and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:16 - Some believers from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to the home of Mnason, a man originally from Cyprus and one of the early believers.
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