Disciple

See also: disciple

English

Noun

Disciple (plural Disciples)

1. Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.
2. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles.
3. Short for Disciple of Christ (“member of a particular religious group”).

Translations

any of the followers of Jesus

one of the twelve disciples of Jesus

• Arabic: حَوَارِيّ m (ḥawāriyy) (used by Muslims), تِلْمِيذ m (tilmīḏ) (used by Christians)
• Dutch: apostel (nl)
• Finnish: opetuslapsi
• Icelandic: lærisveinn (is) m
• Japanese: 弟子 (ja) (deshi)
• Slovene: apostol (sl) m
• Swedish: lärjunge (sv)