G3138 – Markos – Μᾶρκος Marcus, Mark

Strong’s ID:
G3138
Greek Word:
Μᾶρκος
Transliteration:
Markos
Pronunciation:
mar’-kos
Part of Speech:
noun proper masculine
Usage Count:
8
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Find “Markos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of Latin origin; Marcus, a Christian:—Marcus, Mark.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

Mark = “a defense”
1) an evangelist, the author of the Gospel of Mark. Marcus was his Latin surname, his Jewish name was John. He was a cousin of Barnabas and a companion of Paul in some of his missionary journeys

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.