STRONGS G1321:
διδάσκω; imperfect
ἐδίδασκον; future
διδάξω; 1 aorist
ἐδίδαξα; 1 aorist passive
ἐδιδάχθην; (
ΔΑΩ [cf. Vanicek, p. 327]); [from Homer down];
Sept. for
הודִיעַ,
הורָה, and especially for
לִמַּד;
to teach;
1. absolutely,
a. to hold discourse with others in order to instruct them, deliver didactic discourses:
Matthew 4:23;
Matthew 21:23;
Mark 1:21;
Mark 6:6;
Mark 14:49;
Luke 4:15;
Luke 5:17;
Luke 6:6;
John 6:59;
John 7:14;
John 18:20, and often in the Gospels;
1 Timothy 2:12.
b. to be a teacher (see
διδάσκαλος, 6):
Romans 12:7.
c. to discharge the office of teacher, conduct oneself as a teacher:
1 Corinthians 4:17.
2. in construction;
a. either in imitation of the Hebrew
לְ לִמַּד (
Job 21:22) or by an irregular use of the later Greeks (of which no well-attested example remains except one in Plutarch, Marcell c. 12), with the dative of person:
τῷ Βαλάκ,
Revelation 2:14 (according to the reading now generally accepted for the
Rec.bez elz τὸν Βαλ.); cf. Buttmann, 149 (130); Winers Grammar, 223 (209), cf. 227 (213).
b. according to the regular use, with the accusative of person,
to teach one: used of Jesus and the apostles uttering in public what they wished their hearers to know and remember,
Matthew 5:2;
Mark 1:22;
Mark 2:13;
Mark 4:2;
Luke 5:3;
John 8:2;
Acts 4:2;
Acts 5:25;
Acts 20:20;
τοὺς Ἕλληνας, to act the part of a teacher among the Greeks,
John 7:35; used of those who enjoin upon others to observe some ordinance, to embrace some opinion, or to obey some precept:
Matthew 5:19;
Acts 15:1;
Hebrews 8:11; with especially reference to the addition which the teacher makes to the knowledge of the one he teaches,
to impart instruction, instill doctrine into one:
Acts 11:26;
Acts 21:28;
John 9:34;
Romans 2:21;
Colossians 3:16;
1 John 2:27;
Revelation 2:20.
c. the thing taught or enjoined is indicated by a following
ὅτι:
Mark 8:31;
1 Corinthians 11:14; by a following infinitive,
Luke 11:1;
Matthew 28:20;
Revelation 2:14;
περί τινος,
1 John 2:27;
ἐν Χριστῷ διδαχθῆναι, to be taught in the fellowship of Christ,
Ephesians 4:21; followed by an accusative of the thing, to teach
i. e. prescribe a thing:
διδασκαλίας,
ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων, precepts which are commandments of men (from
Isaiah 29:13),
Matthew 15:9;
Mark 7:7 [Buttmann, 148 (129)];
τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ,
Matthew 22:16;
Mark 12:14;
Luke 20:21;
ταῦτα,
1 Timothy 4:11;
ἂ μὴ δεῖ,
Titus 1:11;
to explain, expound, a thing:
Acts 18:11,
25;
Acts 28:31;
ἀποστασίαν ἀπὸ Μωϋσέως, the necessity of forsaking Moses,
Acts 21:21.
d. with the accusative of person and of thing,
to teach one something [Winers Grammar, 226f (212); Buttmann, 149 (130)]: [
ἐκεῖνος ὑμᾶς διδάξει πάντα,
John 14:26];
τοῦ διδάσκειν ὑμᾶς τινα τὰ στοιχεῖα,
Hebrews 5:12 (where
R G T Tr and others read — not so well —
τίνα; [but cf. Buttmann, 260 (224) note, 268 (230) note]);
ἑτέρους διδάξαι, namely,
αὐτά,
2 Timothy 2:2; hence, passive
διδαχθῆναι τι [Buttmann, 188 (163); Winer's Grammar, 229 (215)]:
Galatians 1:12 (
ἐδιδάχθην, namely,
αὐτό),
2 Thessalonians 2:15.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Job
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21:22
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Isaiah
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29:13
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Matthew
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4:23; 5:2; 5:19; 15:9; 21:23; 22:16; 28:20
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Mark
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1:21; 1:22; 2:13; 4:2; 6:6; 7:7; 8:31; 12:14; 14:49
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Luke
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4:15; 5:3; 5:17; 6:6; 11:1; 20:21
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John
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6:59; 7:14; 7:35; 8:2; 9:34; 14:26; 18:20
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Acts
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4:2; 5:25; 11:26; 15:1; 18:11; 18:25; 20:20; 21:21; 21:28; 28:31
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Romans
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2:21; 12:7
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1 Corinthians
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4:17; 11:14
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Galatians
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1:12
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Ephesians
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4:21
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Colossians
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3:16
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2 Thessalonians
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2:15
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1 Timothy
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2:12; 4:11
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2 Timothy
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2:2
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Titus
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1:11
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Hebrews
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5:12; 8:11
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1 John
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2:27; 2:27
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Revelation
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2:14; 2:14; 2:20