μαθητεύω

mathēteuō · make disciples

Greek word · Strong’s number G3100 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

mathēteuō (μαθητεύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “make disciples”.

Make someone a disciple, teach; in the passive, become a disciple.

How to say it

ma·thē·teu·ō

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Form followers who learn from Jesus; become one.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • had become a disciple ×1
  • make disciples of ×1
  • making disciples of ×1
  • who has been made a disciple ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 13:52

    And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple for the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.”

  • Matthew 27:57

    When evening came, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

  • Matthew 28:19

    So go and make disciples of all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  • Acts 14:21

    And after announcing the good news in that city and making disciples of many, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,