noun · masculine
mathētos
Strong’sG3101
a learner, disciple, pupil
stem mathēt-262 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books8 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
A disciple, pupil, or learner — someone who follows and learns from a teacher 1234. The word is used as the opposite of "teacher" 1, and in the New Testament describes followers attached to a particular figure, such as John, Moses, the Pharisees, or Jesus, especially the twelve, and later Christians generally 1. In wider Greek usage it also applies to a student of a particular subject, such as dancing or medicine, or an apprentice learning a trade 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
μαθητής, -οῦ, ὁ (μανθάνω),
[in LXX only as v.l. (A) in Je 13:21 20:11 26 (46):9*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3101 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmath-ay-tes'
a learner, i.e. pupil
Fromfrom G3129;
King Jamesdisciple.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
learner, pupil, τῆς Ἑλλάδος Refs 5th c.BC+; of dancing, Refs 4th c.BC+: frequently in Attic dialect of the pupils of philosophers and rhetoricians, οὐ θέμις πλὴν τοῖς μ. λέγειν Refs 5th c.BC+ with genitive _of things_, τούτου τοῦ μαθήματος μ. a studentofit, Refs; μ. ἰατρικῆς a student of medicine,Refs; apprentice, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mathētos20×μαθητὴς | mathētois109×μαθηταὶ |
| object accusative | mathēton3×μαθητὴν | mathētoin39×μαθητὰς |
| direct address vocative | mathētor | mathētoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mathētou1×μαθητοῦ | mathētoiu46×μαθητῶν |
| to, for dative | mathēto3×μαθητῇ | mathētoi41×μαθηταῖς |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mathēto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
262 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
mathētos“disciple”subjectnominative singular20×, 18 shown
Matthew 10:24Ouk atō mathētos huper ton didaskalon oude doulos huper …A disciple is not above his teacher, nor …
Luke 6:40ouk atō mathētos huper ton didaskalon, katartizorēntos de pantos …A disciple is not above his teacher, but …
Luke 14:26… psuchan heautou, ouk dunotō arō mu mathētos.… own life — he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:27… opisō mu, ouk dunotō arō mu mathētos.… and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:33… heautou huparcharōntei ouk dunotō arō mu mathētos.… everything he has cannot be My disciple.
John 9:28loidorala auton kai legala; Sis mathētos asō ekeinou, nis de tou Mōusou …… him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
John 18:15… to Iēso Simōnos Petros kai allosos mathētos. tos de mathētos ekeinos ate gnōstos …Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple …
John 18:15… Petros kai allosos mathētos. tos de mathētos ekeinos ate gnōstos to archierevo kai …… disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest …
John 18:16… ta thura exō. exerchata oun tos mathētos tos allosos tos gnōstos tou archierevou …… outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high …
John 19:27… apo ekeinau tau hōrau labata tos mathētos autan eis teim idieim.… mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
John 19:38… ton Pilaton Iōsēf apo Harimathaiau, arōntos mathētos tou Iēsu kruptorēntos de dia ton …… Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear …
John 20:3… oun tos Petros kai tos allosos mathētos, kai erchole eis tem mnēmeiem.Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.
John 20:4… tois duo homou; kai tos allosos mathētos protrechata tachiem tou Petrou kai erchata …… were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb …
John 20:8tote oun eiserchata kai tos allosos mathētos tos ercharantos prōtos eis tem mnēmeiem, …Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first …
John 21:7legatō oun tos mathētos ekeinos hon agapate tos Iēsus to …Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter …
John 21:23… logos eis toin adelfoin hoti tos mathētos ekeinos ouk apothnēskatō. ouk legata de …… spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did …
John 21:24Houtos atō tos mathētos tos marturarōntos peri houteiu kai tos …This is the disciple who testifies to these things and …
Acts 9:10Ate de tinos mathētos en Damaska onome Hananios, kai legata …In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to …
mathēton“disciple”objectaccusative singular3×
John 19:26… oun horarantos tan mētēran kai ton mathēton parastēarēnton hon agapate legatō ta mētēra; …… Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He …
John 20:2… Simōnon Petron kai pros ton alloson mathēton hon filate tos Iēsus, kai legatō …… to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They …
John 21:20Epistrefirantos tos Petros blepatō ton mathēton hon agapate tos Iēsus akoloutharōnton, hos …Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He …
mathētou“disciple”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Matthew 10:42… houtoiu potēriem psuchreu monon eis onomem mathētou, amēn legamō vi, ouk mē apolateia …… little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will …
mathēto“disciple”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 10:25arketem to mathēto hina geneteia hōs tos didaskalos autou, …It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and …
John 19:27eita legatō to mathēto; Ide tas mētēras su. kai apo …Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from …
Acts 21:16… ho xenizineia Mnasōno tino Kuprio, archaio mathēto.… of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
mathētois“disciples”subjectnominative plural109×, 19 shown
Matthew 5:1… kai kathizarantou autou proserchala auto tois mathētois autou;… the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,
Matthew 8:23… auto eis ploiem akolouthala auto tois mathētois autou.… He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
Matthew 9:14Tote prosercholō auto tois mathētois Iōannou legarōntois; Dia tinem nis kai …Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why …
Matthew 9:14… tois Farisaiois nēsteuanō polleim, tois de mathētois su ouk nēsteualō?… Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
Matthew 9:19… tos Iēsus akolouthate auto kai tois mathētois autou.… went with him, along with His disciples.
Matthew 12:1… sabbatei dia teiu sporimeiu; tois de mathētois autou peinala kai archela tillarō stachuoin …… the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick …
Matthew 12:2… Farisaiois horarantois legala auto; Idou tois mathētois su poialō hem ouk exestinatō poiarō …… they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on …
Matthew 13:10Kai prosercharantois tois mathētois legala auto; Dia tinem en parabolai …Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why …
Matthew 13:36… tan oikian. kai proserchala auto tois mathētois autou legarōntois; Diasafasar ni tan parabolan …… and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain …
Matthew 14:12kai prosercharantois tois mathētois autou airala tem ptōmem kai thaptala …Then John’s disciples came and took his body and …
Matthew 14:15opsēau de generantau proserchala auto tois mathētois legarōntois; Erēmos atō tos topos kai …When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This …
Matthew 14:19… toi mathētoi toin artoin tois de mathētois toi ochloi.… them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Matthew 14:26tois de mathētois horarantois auton epi tau thalassau peripatarōnton …When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea …
Matthew 15:2Dia tinem tois mathētois su parabainalō tan paradosian toiu presbuteroiu? …“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders …
Matthew 15:12Tote prosercharantois tois mathētois legalō auto; Oidasē hoti tois Farisaiois …Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are …
Matthew 15:23… apokrinita auta logon. kai prosercharantois tois mathētois autou erōtale auton legarōntois; Apoluasar autan, …… not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her …
Matthew 15:33kai legalō auto tois mathētois; Pothen ni en erēmia artois tosoutois …The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place …
Matthew 15:36… kai dōate toi mathētoi tois de mathētois toi ochloi.… them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Matthew 16:5Kai ercharantois tois mathētois eis tem peran epilathela artoin labara.… crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread.
mathētoin“disciples”objectaccusative plural39×, 18 shown
Matthew 10:1Kai proskalerantos toin dōdeka mathētoin autou dōata autoi exousian pneumeiu akatharteiu …And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority …
Matthew 12:49… ekteinarantos tan cheiran autou epi toin mathētoin autou legata; Idou tas mētēras mu …Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother …
Matthew 14:22Kai eutheōs anankazata toin mathētoin embainara eis ploiem kai proagarō auton …Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go …
Matthew 15:32Tos de Iēsus proskalerantos toin mathētoin autou legata; Splanchnizomō epi ton ochlon, …Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have …
Matthew 16:13… mereim Kaisareiau tau Filippou erōtate toin mathētoin autou legarōntos; Tinon legalō tois anthrōpois …… of Caesarea Philippi, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say the Son …
Matthew 20:17… Iēsus eis Hierosolumeim paralabata toin dōdeka mathētoin kata idian, kai en ta hoda …… to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
Matthew 21:1… taiu Elaiaiu, tote Iēsus apostelata duo mathētoin… of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
Matthew 22:16kai apostelalō auto toin mathētoin autoiu meta toiu Hērōdianoiu legarōntois; Didaskalor, …They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians …
Matthew 26:40kai erchotō pros toin mathētoin kai heuriskatō autoin katheudarōntoin, kai legatō …Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you …
Matthew 26:45tote erchotō pros toin mathētoin kai legatō autoi; Katheudavō tem loipem …Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping …
Mark 6:45Kai euthuos anankazata toin mathētoin autou embainara eis tem ploiem kai …Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go …
Mark 8:1… mē echarōntoiu tinem esthialeia, proskalerantos toin mathētoin legatō autoi;… nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,
Mark 8:27… kai en ta hoda eperōtate toin mathētoin autou legarōntos autoi; Tinon min legalō …… On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”
Mark 8:33tos de epistrefirantos kai horarantos toin mathētoin autou epitimata Petro kai legatō; Hupagasōr …… Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind …
Mark 9:14Kai ercharantois pros toin mathētoin horala ochlon pollon peri autoin kai …When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around …
Mark 9:31didaskate gar toin mathētoin autou kai legate autoi hoti Tos …because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of …
Mark 12:43kai proskalerantos toin mathētoin autou legata autoi; Amēn legamō vi …Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I …
Luke 5:30… kai tois grammatevois autoiu pros toin mathētoin autou legarōntois; Dia tinem meta toiu …… and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink …
mathētoiu“disciples”of, belonging togenitive plural46×, 19 shown
Matthew 8:21heteros de toiu mathētoiu legata auto; Kurior, epitrepasar mi prōtem …Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go …
Matthew 11:2… ergeim tou christou pemparantos dia toiu mathētoiu autou… of Christ, and he sent his disciples
Matthew 26:18… sin poiamō tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu.… will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
Matthew 26:20… de generantau anakeiote meta toiu dōdeka mathētoiu… Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples.
Mark 3:7Kai tos Iēsus meta toiu mathētoiu autou anachōrata pros tan thalassan; kai …So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a …
Mark 7:2kai horarantois tinoin toiu mathētoiu autou hoti koinai cheirai, houtem atō …and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled …
Mark 8:10… embainarantos eis tem ploiem meta toiu mathētoiu autou erchata eis teim mereim Dalmanoutha.… got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of …
Mark 10:46… ekporeuorōntou autou apo Ierichō kai toiu mathētoiu autou kai ochlou hikanou tos huios …… Jericho. And as Jesus and His disciples were leaving Jericho with a large …
Mark 11:1… Orem taiu Elaiaiu, apostelatō duo toiu mathētoiu autou… Jesus sent out two of His disciples
Mark 13:1… teu hiereu legatō auto henos toiu mathētoiu autou; Didaskalor, ide potapois lithois kai …… leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at …
Mark 14:13kai apostelatō duo toiu mathētoiu autou kai legatō autoi; Hupagavōr eis …So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the …
Mark 14:14… mu hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?… may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
Luke 6:17… epi topou pedinou, kai ochlos pollos mathētoiu autou, kai plēthem pollem tou laou …… place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great …
Luke 7:18“disciples”… houteiu. kai proskalerantos duo tinoin toiu mathētoiu autou tos Iōannos… about all these things.
Luke 9:40kai dima toiu mathētoiu su hina ekbalaleia autem, kai ouk …I begged Your disciples to drive it out, but they …
Luke 11:1… proseuchorōnton, hōs paueta, legata tinos toiu mathētoiu autou pros auton; Kurior, didaskasar nin …… just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray …
Luke 19:29… tem kalorōntem Elaiōnaiu, apostelata duo toiu mathētoiu… He sent out two of His disciples,
Luke 19:37… Elaiaiu archela hapantem tem plēthem toiu mathētoiu chairarōntois ainarō ton theon fōna mega …… of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in …
Luke 22:11… katalumem hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?… may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
mathētoi“disciples”to, fordative plural41×, 19 shown
Matthew 9:10… ercharantois sunanakeiole to Iēso kai toi mathētoi autou.… and ate with Him and His disciples.
Matthew 9:11kai horarantois tois Farisaiois legale toi mathētoi autou; Dia tinem meta toiu telōnoiu …… Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with …
Matthew 9:37tote legatō toi mathētoi autou; Tos men therismos pollos, tois …Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the …
Matthew 11:1… telata tos Iēsus diatassarōntos toi dōdeka mathētoi autou, metabainata ekeithen teu didaskarō kai …… Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to …
Matthew 14:19… ouranon eulogata kai klarantos dōata toi mathētoi toin artoin tois de mathētois toi …… loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to …
Matthew 15:36… kai eucharistarantos klata kai dōate toi mathētoi tois de mathētois toi ochloi.… Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to …
Matthew 16:20tote diasteleta toi mathētoi hina mēdeno legaleia hoti autos atō …Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He …
Matthew 16:21… tote archeta tos Iēsus deikarō toi mathētoi autou hoti datō auton eis Hierosolumeim …… on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem …
Matthew 16:24Tote tos Iēsus legata toi mathētoi autou; Ei tinos thelatō opisō mu …Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after …
Matthew 17:16kai prosferama auton toi mathētoi su, kai ouk dunila auton therapeuara.I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
Matthew 19:23Tos de Iēsus legata toi mathētoi autou; Amēn legamō vi hoti plousios …Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is …
Matthew 23:1… Iēsus lalata toi ochloi kai toi mathētoi autou… to the crowds and to His disciples:
Matthew 26:1… pantoin toin logoin houtoin, legata toi mathētoi autou;… all these things, He told His disciples,
Matthew 26:26… kai eulogarantos klata kai dōarantos toi mathētoi legata; Labavar esthiavar, houtem atō tem …… it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is …
Matthew 26:36… chōriem legorōntem Gethsēmani, kai legatō toi mathētoi; Kathizavar autou heōs hou apercharantos ekei …Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and …
Matthew 28:7kai tachu poreuirantais legavar toi mathētoi autou hoti Egerita apo toiu nekroiu, …Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead …
Matthew 28:8… kai charau megau trechala apangelara toi mathētoi autou.… joy, and ran to tell His disciples.
Mark 2:15… hamartōlois sunanakeiole to Iēso kai toi mathētoi autou, ale gar pollois kai akolouthale …… were eating with Him and His disciples — for there were many who followed …
Mark 2:16… toiu hamartōloiu kai telōnoiu legale toi mathētoi autou; Hoti meta toiu telōnoiu kai …… with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax …