διδάσκω
didaskō
Modern Summary of Abbott-Smith’s Lexicon (1922)
The word "διδάσκω" (didaskō) means "to teach" or "to instruct." It can refer to teaching a person or explaining a specific subject, often with direct objects like people, topics, or actions. The term is used both actively, where someone teaches, and passively, where someone is taught, and it appears frequently in contexts involving instruction or guidance.
to teach (in the same broad application)
The Greek word didaskō means "to teach (in the same broad application)," used in Scripture in contexts that reveal its full semantic depth.
Lexical data derived from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. See full disclaimer
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יָדַע
yâda
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
יָרָה
yârâh
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
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יָדַע
yâda
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
יָרָה
yârâh
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
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