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maqhteuvw 3100 [verb] is used in the Active Voice, intransitively,
in some mss., in Matt. 27:57, in the sense of being the disciple of a
person; here, however, the best mss. have the Passive Voice, lit., 'had been
made a disciple,' as in Matt. 13:52, R.V., "who hath been made a disciple."
It is used in this transitive sense in the Active Voice in 28:19 and Acts
14:21.
maqhthV 3101,
[noun] lit., a learner (from
manthanoµ, to learn,
from a root
mathÑ, indicating
thought accompanied by endeavour), in contrast to
didaskalos, a teacher;
hence it denotes one who follows one's teaching, as the disciples of John,
Matt. 9:14; of the Pharisees, Matt. 22:16; of Moses, John 9:28; it is used
of the disciples of Jesus (a) in a wide sense, of Jews who became His
adherents, John 6:66; Luke 6:17, some being secretly so, John 19:38; (b)
especially of the twelve Apostles, Matt. 10:1; Luke 22:11, e.g.; (c)
of all who manifest that they are His disciples by abiding in His Word, John
8:31; cp. 13:35; 15:8; (d) in the Acts, of those who believed upon
Him and confessed Him, 6:1, 2, 7; 14:20, 22, 28; 15:10; 19:1 etc.
A disciple was not only a pupil, but an
adherent; hence they are spoken of as imitators of their teacher; cp. John
8:31; 15:8.
maqhvtria 3102,
[noun] a female disciple, is said of Tabitha, Acts. 9:36.¶
summaqhthV 4827
[noun] means a fellow-disciple (sun,
with, and No. 1), John 11:16.¶ |
