Words the Bible translates as pupil
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- mathētēsμαθητήςa person attached to a particular teacher as follower and learner, whose way of life is shaped by that teacher
- ishonאִישׁוֹןthe pupil of the eye: the dark opening at its center, named as the one spot a person shields without thinking
+1 more meaning
- the black heart of the night: the deepest, darkest point inside a stretch of darkness
- talmidתַּלְמִידpupilnot studied yet
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