Dict: easton - Martyr

easton:

Martyr @ one who bears witness of the truth, and suffers death in the cause of Christ kjv@Acts:22:20; kjv@Revelation:2:13 kjv@Revelation:17:6). In this sense Stephen was the first martyr. The Greek word so rendered in all other cases is translated "witness."

(1.) In a court of justice kjv@Matthew:18:16 kjv@Matthew:26:65; kjv@Acts:6:13 kjv@Acts:7:58; kjv@Hebrews:10:28; kjv@1Timothy:5:19).

(2.) As of one bearing testimony to the truth of what he has seen or known kjv@Luke:24:48; kjv@Acts:1:8 kjv@Acts:1:22 kjv@Romans:1:9; kjv@1Thessalonians:2:5 kjv@1Thessalonians:2:10 kjv@1John:1:2).