Senses
1. witness (one who testifies) — A person who bears testimony or gives evidence, whether in a judicial, historical, or theological context. The singular and plural forms reflect the same core meaning across all attestations. Multilingual evidence uniformly confirms a single sense: spa 'testigo/testigos,' hin 'gavaah/gavaahon,' arb 'shahid/shuhud,' kor 'jeungin,' swa 'shahidi/mashahidi.' The NT uses this term for eyewitnesses of events (Acts), legal witnesses (Matt 18:16, 2 Cor 13:1), and witnesses to the faith (Heb 12:1, Rev 1:5). No semantic split between singular and plural; these are purely morphological variants of one lexeme. 35×
AR["شاهِدَيْنِ","شهودٌ","شُهودٌ","شُهودٍ","شُهودُ","شُهُود","شُهُودًا","شُهُودٌ","شُهُودٍ","شُهُودُ","لِشُهُودٍ"]·ben["সাক্ষী","সাক্ষীদের","সাক্ষীদের,","সাক্ষীর।","সাক্ষীরা"]·DE["Zeuge"]·EN["of-witnesses","witnesses"]·FR["témoin"]·heb["עֵדִים"]·HI["गवअह","गवअहोन","गवअहोन,","गवाह","गवाहों","गवाहों,","गवाहों-का","गवाहों-की","गवाहों-को","यरूशलेम-में"]·ID["saksi","saksi-saksi","saksi-saksi,","saksi-saksi."]·IT["testimone"]·jav["para-seksi","seksi","seksi,","seksi-seksi","seksi."]·KO["그-의","버려지셨으니","에-","이다","증인들","증인들,","증인들-은","증인들-을","증인들-의","증인들-의.","증인들-이다","증인들과","증인들의","증인들이","증인들이다"]·PT["de-testemunhas","testemunhas"]·RU["в-свидетелях","свидетелей","свидетели","свидетели.","свидетелями,","свидетелях"]·ES["de-testigos","testigos"]·SW["mashahidi","ya-mashahidi"]·TR["hem-de","tanık","tanıkla","tanıklar","tanıkları","tanıkların","tanıklarısınız","tanıklarıyız","tanığın","vardır","şahidin","şahitler","şahitlere"]·urd["گواہ","گواہوں","گواہوں-کا","گواہوں-کی","گواہوں-کے","گواہوں۔"]
Matt 18:16, Matt 26:65, Mark 14:63, Luke 11:48, Luke 24:48, Acts 1:8, Acts 1:22, Acts 2:32, Acts 3:15, Acts 5:32, Acts 6:13, Acts 7:58 (+23 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μάρτῠς, ὁ, ἡ, Cretan dialect, Epid. μαῖτυς Refs, Cretan dialect also μαίτυρς Refs see ii; genitive μάρτῠρος, accusative -ῠρα Refs 8th c.BC+, formed from μάρτυρ (which see), except accusative μάρτῠν Refs 4th c.BC+; dative plural μάρτῠσι (but μάρτυρσι probably in Refs 6th c.BC+:—witness (not in Refs 8th c.BC+; μάρτυρας παρέχεσθαι produce witnesses, Refs 5th c.BC+; μάρτυρα παράγεσθαι, μάρτυρας…