διδάσκω
didaskō
to teach
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, the Greek word διδάσκω (didaskō) is a verb that means "to teach." It occurs 97 times in the Bible, suggesting its significance and frequency in various contexts. Its range of usage is broad, as it can imply instructing, guiding, or even exhorting. The repetition of this verb suggests that teaching was a recurring theme in the biblical narrative, likely emphasizing the importance of knowledge transmission and guidance. The significance of διδάσκω lies in its role as a primary means of communication and transmission of knowledge, ideas, and values in the biblical context. It highlights the importance of education, guidance, and mentorship in human relationships and communities.
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Occurrences in Scripture
97 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 5:2He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
Matthew 5:19Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:19Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 7:29for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
Matthew 9:35Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 11:1When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
Matthew 13:54Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
Matthew 15:9And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’ ”
Matthew 21:23When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.
Matthew 26:55In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.
Matthew 28:15So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.
Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Mark 1:21They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.
Mark 1:22They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark 2:13He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.
Mark 4:1Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
Mark 4:2He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Mark 6:2When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?
Mark 6:6He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.
Mark 6:30The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
Mark 6:34Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
Mark 7:7But they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
Mark 8:31He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark 9:31For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”
Mark 10:1He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
Mark 11:17He taught, saying to them, “Isn’t it written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?’ But you have made it a den of robbers!”
Mark 12:14When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
Mark 12:35Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
Mark 14:49I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.”
Luke 4:15He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
Luke 4:31He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
Luke 5:3He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
Luke 5:17On one of those days, he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
Luke 6:6It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
Luke 11:1When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
Luke 11:1When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
Luke 12:12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
Luke 13:10He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
Luke 13:22He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
Luke 13:26Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
Luke 19:47He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
Luke 20:1On one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, the priests and scribes came to him with the elders.
Luke 20:21They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
Luke 20:21They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
Luke 21:37Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
Luke 23:5But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”
John 6:59He said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
John 7:14But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.