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."
G3144 <STRGRK>@ μάρτυς martus mar'-toos Of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally [judicially] or figuratively [generally]); by analogy a martyr: - martyr record witness.
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