DISCIPLE - NOUN

Hebrew - Talmid, a student who learns from his teacher and desires to follow his example.

DISCIPLE - VERB: μαθητεύσατε (mathēteusate).

The verb comes directly from the noun μαθητής (mathētēs), which means “disciple,” “learner,” “pupil,” or “adherent” — someone who binds themselves to a teacher not just to gain information, but to follow their way of life.

It carries the idea of forming committed learners/followers — not merely informing people, but bringing them into a relationship of apprenticeship to Jesus, where they learn to live under His authority.

In Matthew 28:19, μαθητεύσατε (mathēteusate) is broader: it is the call to form the person as a committed follower by the ongoing process is of διδάσκοντες (didaskontes, from didaskō) — “ Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”

Related Words

• Righteous

Connections

• The verb appears only four times in the entire New Testament:
  • Matthew 13:52 — a scribe “trained [mathēteutheis] for the kingdom.”
  • Matthew 27:57 — Joseph of Arimathea “had become a disciple [mathēteusen] of Jesus.”
  • Matthew 28:19 — “disciples [mathēteusate] of all nations.”
  • Acts 14:21 — Paul and Barnabas “made many disciples [mathēteusantes].”

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