διδάσκω

διδάσκω

[in LXX chiefly for למד pl., also for ידע hi., ירה hi., etc. ;]

to teach (i.e. instruct) a person, teach a thing;

1. trans.: with accusative of person(s), Matt 5,2, Mark 1,22, al.; before ὅτι, Mark 8,31 περί, 1 Joh 2,27 with inf., Luk 11,1 with accusative of thing(s), Mark 6,30; 12,14; with cogn. accusative, Matt 15,9 (LXX); with dupl. accusative, Mark 4,2, Joh 14,26; pass., Gal 1,12, 2 Thess 2,15; with dative of person(s) (like Heb., cf. Job 21,23, but prob. a vernac. usage, see Swete, in l.), Åb 2,14,

2. Absol., to teach, give instruction: Matt 4,23, Mark 1,21, and often in Gosp., Rom 12,7, 1 Kor 4,17, 1 Tim 2,12, al.

SYN.: παιδεύω (cf. Westc., Heb., 402; Cremer, 180).