κατηχέω
katēchéō · G2727 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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to instruct, to teach
To teach in a systematic or detailed manner
ExamplesLuke 1:4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.
Acts 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John;
Romans 2:18 and know His will and distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,
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to report, to tell, to in form
To report in a relatively detailed manner
ExamplesLuke 1:4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.
Acts 21:21 and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.
Acts 21:24 take them along and purify yourself together with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and then everyone will know that there is nothing to what they have been told about you, but that you yourself also conform, keeping the Law.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Not stated: they 2
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- διδάσκωto teach, teaching 1
- ἄλλοςother, another 1
- λόγοςword, saying, message 1
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- περίconcerning, about, for+ σύyou 2
- ἐκfrom+ νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λόγοςword, saying, message 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κοινωνέωto share 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐδείςno one 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀσφάλειαsafety 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- διδάσκω didáskō · G1321 · to teach, teaching
- κατηχέω denotes oral instruction with emphasis on systematic information being delivered into the hearer's ears (catechesis, informing), while διδάσκω is the broader, more general term for teaching across all contexts and methods; κατηχέω represents a specialized mode within διδάσκω's semantic range.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To report, to tell, to in form33.190
- In Acts 18:25, of Apollos it is written, “This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John,” using this word for the act of being informed or told about something.
- To instruct, to teach33.225
- In Galatians 6:6, Paul instructs, “The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him,” using this word for the act of formally instructing or teaching someone.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κατήχω: 1 aorist κατήχησα; passive, present κατηχοῦμαι; perfect κατήχημαι; 1 aorist…
1. properly, to sound toward, sound down upon, resound: ἁρμονία κατηχει τῆς θαλαττης, Philostr., p. 791 (icon. 1, 19); to charm with resounding sound, to fascinate, τινα μύθοις, Lucian, Jup. trag. 39.
2. to teach orally, to instruct: Lucian, asin. § 48; Philopatr. 17. In the N. T. only used by Luke and Paul: τινα, 1 Cor 14:19; passive ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, by bearing the law, accustomed to be publicly read in the synagogues, Rom 2:18; with the accusative of the thing, αὐτός σε πολλά κατηχήσω τῶν ἀγνωυμενων, Josephus, de vita sua §65 at the end; with accusative of a thing and of a person, τοῦ ἀληθοῦς λόγου βραχέα κατηχησας με, Clement. hom. 1, 13; passive with the accusative of the thing: τήν ὁδόν τοῦ κυρίου, Acts 18:25; τόν λόγον, Gal 6:6; hence, some ((see Meyer, in the place cited)) resolve Lk 1:4 thus: περί τῶν λόγων, οὕς κατηχήθης (see below).
3. to inform by word of mouth; passive to be orally informed: followed by ὅτι, Philo de leg. ad Gaium § 30; περί τίνος (the genitive of person), followed by ὅτι, Acts 21:21; with the accusative of the thing, ὧν, κατήχηνται περί σου i. e. τούτων, ἅ κτλ., Acts 21:24 (κατηχηθεις περί τῶν συμβεβηκότων (pseudo-) Plutarch, de fluviis (7, 2); 8, 1; 7, 1). To this construction the majority refer Lk 1:4, construing it thus: τήν ἀσφάλειαν τῶν λόγων, περί ὧν κατηχήθης (Winers Grammar, 165 (156); Buttmann, § 143, 7; (see above)). Cf. Gilbert, Dissertatio de christianae catecheseos historia (Lipsius 1836) Part i., p. 1ff; Zezschwitz, System der christl. Katechetik (Leipz. 1863) i., p. 17ff; (and for ecclesiastical usage, Suicer, Thesaurus 2:69ff; Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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