1321. didaskó
Strong's Lexicon
didaskó: To teach, instruct

Original Word: διδάσκω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: didaskó
Pronunciation: did-AS-ko
Phonetic Spelling: (did-as'-ko)
Definition: To teach, instruct
Meaning: I teach, direct, admonish.

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H3384 (יָרָה, yarah): To teach, instruct

- H3925 (לָמַד, lamad): To learn, teach

Usage: The Greek verb "didaskó" primarily means to teach or instruct. It is used in the New Testament to describe the act of imparting knowledge or skills, often in a formal or authoritative manner. This term is frequently associated with Jesus' ministry, where He taught the crowds, His disciples, and individuals about the Kingdom of God, moral living, and the fulfillment of the Scriptures.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, teaching was a respected profession, often associated with philosophers and religious leaders. Jewish culture also placed a high value on teaching, particularly in the context of the synagogue and the home, where the Law and traditions were passed down. Rabbis were esteemed as teachers of the Law, and Jesus was often addressed as "Rabbi" or "Teacher," indicating His role as a respected instructor of spiritual truths.

HELPS Word-studies

1321 didáskō (from daō, "learn") – to teach (literally, "cause to learn"); instruct, impart knowledge (disseminate information).

In the NT, 1321 /didáskō ("teach") nearly always refers to teaching the Scriptures (the written Word of God). The key role of teaching Scripture is shown by its great frequency in the NT, and the variety of word-forms (cognates).

[This includes three noun-forms, two adjectival forms, and one verb, totaling about 220 occurrences in the NT).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a redupl. caus. form of daó (to learn)
Definition
to teach
NASB Translation
instructed (2), preaches (1), taught (13), teach (33), teaches (5), teaching (43).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1321: διδάσκω

διδάσκω; imperfect ἐδίδασκον; future διδάξω; 1 aorist ἐδίδαξα; 1 aorist passive ἐδιδάχθην; (ΔΑΩ (cf. Vanicek, p. 327)); (from Homer down); the 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 τόν Βαλάκ); 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; τούς 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 τίνος, 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)); τήν ὁδόν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:14; Luke 20:21; ταῦτα, 1 Timothy 4:11; μή δεῖ, Titus 1:11; to explain, expound, a thing: Acts 18:11, 25; Acts 28:31; ἀποστασίαν ἀπό 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 τά στοιχεῖα, Hebrews 5:12 (where R G T Tr and others read — not so well — τινα; (but cf. Buttmann, 260 (224) note, 268 (230) note)); ἑτέρους διδάξαι, namely, αὐτά, 2 Timothy 2:2; hence, passive διδαχθῆναι τί (Buttmann, 188 (163); Winer's Grammar, 229 (215)): Galatians 1:12 (ἐδιδάχθην, namely, αὐτό), 2 Thessalonians 2:15.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
teach.

A prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb dao (to learn); to teach (in the same broad application) -- teach.

Forms and Transliterations
δεδιδαγμένη δεδιδαγμένοι δεδίδαχέ διδαξαι διδάξαι διδάξατε διδάξατέ διδαξει διδάξει διδάξεις διδάξετε διδαξη διδάξη διδάξῃ διδάξης διδαξον δίδαξον δίδαξόν διδάξουσιν διδάξω διδάξωσι διδαξωσιν διδάξωσιν διδασκε δίδασκε διδασκει διδάσκει διδασκειν διδάσκειν διδασκεις διδάσκεις διδασκη διδάσκη διδάσκῃ διδάσκοντα διδάσκοντάς διδασκοντες διδάσκοντες διδασκοντι διδάσκοντι διδασκοντος διδάσκοντος διδάσκοντός διδάσκουσα διδάσκουσά διδασκω διδάσκω διδασκων διδάσκων διδαχθώσι εδιδαξα εδίδαξα ἐδίδαξα εδιδαξαν εδίδαξαν ἐδίδαξαν εδιδαξας εδίδαξας εδίδαξάς ἐδίδαξας εδίδαξε εδίδαξέ εδιδαξεν εδίδαξεν ἐδίδαξεν ἐδίδαξέν εδίδασκε εδιδασκεν εδίδασκεν ἐδίδασκεν εδιδασκον εδίδασκον εδίδασκόν ἐδίδασκον εδιδαχθην εδιδάχθην ἐδιδάχθην εδιδαχθησαν εδιδάχθησαν ἐδιδάχθησαν εδιδαχθητε εδιδάχθητε ἐδιδάχθητε didaske didaskē dídaske didaskei didáskei didáskēi didaskein didáskein didaskeis didáskeis didasko didaskō didásko didáskō didaskon didaskōn didáskon didáskōn didaskontes didáskontes didaskonti didáskonti didaskontos didáskontos didaxai didáxai didaxe didaxē didaxei didáxei didáxēi didaxon dídaxon didaxosin didaxōsin didáxosin didáxōsin edidachthen edidachthēn edidáchthen edidáchthēn edidachthesan edidachthēsan edidáchthesan edidáchthēsan edidachthete edidachthēte edidáchthete edidáchthēte edidasken edídasken edidaskon edídaskon edidaxa edídaxa edidaxan edídaxan edidaxas edídaxas edidaxen edídaxen edídaxén
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 4:23 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς
NAS: Galilee, teaching in their synagogues
KJV: all Galilee, teaching in their
INT: Galilee teaching in the

Matthew 5:2 V-IIA-3S
GRK: στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς λέγων
NAS: His mouth and [began] to teach them, saying,
KJV: his mouth, and taught them, saying,
INT: mouth of him he taught them saying

Matthew 5:19 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς
NAS: commandments, and teaches others
KJV: commandments, and shall teach men so,
INT: least and shall teach so the

Matthew 5:19 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ οὗτος μέγας
NAS: keeps and teaches [them], he shall be called
KJV: and teach [them], the same
INT: shall practice and shall teach [them] this [one] great

Matthew 7:29 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς
NAS: for He was teaching them as [one] having
KJV: For he taught them as
INT: he was indeed teaching them as

Matthew 9:35 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: τὰς κώμας διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς
NAS: and villages, teaching in their synagogues
KJV: and villages, teaching in their
INT: the villages teaching in the

Matthew 11:1 V-PNA
GRK: ἐκεῖθεν τοῦ διδάσκειν καὶ κηρύσσειν
NAS: from there to teach and preach
KJV: thence to teach and
INT: from there to teach and to preach

Matthew 13:54 V-IIA-3S
GRK: πατρίδα αὐτοῦ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν
NAS: to His hometown and [began] teaching them in their synagogue,
KJV: his own country, he taught them in
INT: region his [own] he taught them in

Matthew 15:9 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα
NAS: DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES
KJV: me, teaching [for] doctrines
INT: they worship me teaching [as] teachings [the] precepts

Matthew 21:23 V-PPA-DMS
GRK: προσῆλθον αὐτῷ διδάσκοντι οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς
NAS: came to Him while He was teaching, and said,
KJV: unto him as he was teaching, and said,
INT: came to him [when he was] teaching the chief priests

Matthew 22:16 V-PIA-2S
GRK: ἐν ἀληθείᾳ διδάσκεις καὶ οὐ
NAS: that You are truthful and teach the way
KJV: true, and teachest the way of God
INT: in truth teach and not

Matthew 26:55 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἱερῷ ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων καὶ οὐκ
NAS: in the temple teaching and you did not seize
KJV: with you teaching in the temple,
INT: temple I sat teaching and not

Matthew 28:15 V-AIP-3P
GRK: ἐποίησαν ὡς ἐδιδάχθησαν Καὶ διεφημίσθη
NAS: and did as they had been instructed; and this
KJV: and did as they were taught: and this
INT: they did as they were taught And is spread abroad

Matthew 28:20 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν
NAS: teaching them to observe all
KJV: Teaching them to observe
INT: teaching them to observe

Mark 1:21 V-IIA-3S
GRK: τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐδίδασκεν
NAS: the synagogue and [began] to teach.
KJV: into the synagogue, and taught.
INT: the synagogue he taught

Mark 1:22 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἦν γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς
NAS: at His teaching; for He was teaching them as [one] having
KJV: doctrine: for he taught them as
INT: he was indeed teaching them as

Mark 2:13 V-IIA-3S
GRK: αὐτόν καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτούς
NAS: were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
KJV: him, and he taught them.
INT: him and he taught them

Mark 4:1 V-PNA
GRK: πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν
NAS: He began to teach again by the sea.
KJV: again to teach by
INT: again he began to teach beside the

Mark 4:2 V-IIA-3S
GRK: καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν
NAS: And He was teaching them many things
KJV: And he taught them many things
INT: And he taught them in

Mark 6:2 V-PNA
GRK: σαββάτου ἤρξατο διδάσκειν ἐν τῇ
NAS: He began to teach in the synagogue;
KJV: he began to teach in
INT: [the] Sabbath he began to teach in the

Mark 6:6 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: κώμας κύκλῳ διδάσκων
NAS: the villages teaching.
KJV: round about the villages, teaching.
INT: villages around teaching

Mark 6:30 V-AIA-3P
GRK: καὶ ὅσα ἐδίδαξαν
NAS: that they had done and taught.
KJV: and what they had taught.
INT: and what they had taught

Mark 6:34 V-PNA
GRK: καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς πολλά
NAS: and He began to teach them many things.
KJV: he began to teach them
INT: And he began to teach them many things

Mark 7:7 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα
NAS: DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES
KJV: me, teaching [for] doctrines
INT: they worship me teaching [as] teachings precepts

Mark 8:31 V-PNA
GRK: Καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς ὅτι
NAS: And He began to teach them that the Son
KJV: And he began to teach them, that
INT: And he began to teach them that

Strong's Greek 1321
97 Occurrences


δίδασκε — 2 Occ.
διδάσκῃ — 1 Occ.
διδάσκει — 3 Occ.
διδάσκειν — 13 Occ.
διδάσκεις — 7 Occ.
διδάσκω — 1 Occ.
διδάσκων — 23 Occ.
διδάσκοντες — 9 Occ.
διδάσκοντι — 1 Occ.
διδάσκοντος — 1 Occ.
διδάξαι — 3 Occ.
διδάξῃ — 2 Occ.
διδάξει — 2 Occ.
διδάξωσιν — 1 Occ.
δίδαξον — 1 Occ.
ἐδιδάχθην — 1 Occ.
ἐδιδάχθησαν — 1 Occ.
ἐδιδάχθητε — 3 Occ.
ἐδίδασκεν — 14 Occ.
ἐδίδασκον — 2 Occ.
ἐδίδαξα — 1 Occ.
ἐδίδαξαν — 1 Occ.
ἐδίδαξας — 1 Occ.
ἐδίδαξεν — 3 Occ.

















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