martyr, witness.
Of uncertain affinity; a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a “martyr” — martyr, record, witness.
In the Greek, which is the language from which the Scriptural meaning is provided, a martyr is a witness.
Rev 2:13
(13) I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
The meaning communicated focuses upon the thinking and context of Antipas situation. He was a witness. the object of his thinking was through faith in Christ. He was slain amongst other people in a context of the dwelling of the Adversary.
The worldly perception of being a faithful witness, regardless the adversarial calamity surrounding the thinking, is to confuse such thinking as lacking rational validity. Hence the definition confusing a faithful witness as a victim.
This is in part an assumption made by those who are worldly and might not have the ability to spiritually perceive the mindset of the witness, because without faith in Christ, they have not received a regenerated human spirit, and such things as spirituality are considered foolishness, to the person not yet given such perceptive ability.
I know what a martyr is.