μανθάνω
manthánō · G3129 · Greek · 25 occurrences
Meanings
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to learn, to be instructed, to be taught
To acquire information as the result of instruction, whether in an informal or formal context
ExamplesMatthew 11:29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.
Matthew 24:32 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near;
Mark 13:28 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near.
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to learn, to come to realize
To learn from experience, often with the implication of reflection
ExamplesMatthew 9:13 “Now go and learn what this means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, RATHER THAN SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.
Hebrews 5:8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.
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to understand
To come to understand as the result of a process of learning
Examples1 Corinthians 4:6 Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos on your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other.
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
25 occurrences in 11 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 7
- Not stated in the clause 5
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
16 occurrences in 13 groups
- εἰμίto be 3
- ὅςwho, which, that 3
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
10 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
With adverbsAdverbs
5 occurrences in 7 groups
- καίand 1
- ἅμαtogether with, at the same time 1
- μήnot 1
- οὐnot 1
- οὕτωso, thus, in this way 1
- πάντοτεalways 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διδαχήteaching, doctrine 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔρχομαιto come 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- δύναμαιcan 2
- θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 2
- εἴδωto know 1
- προφητεύωto prophesy 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 2
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- לָמַד lâmad · H3925 · learn, to teach, to instruct
- Hebrew לָמַד and Greek μανθάνω share the core semantic field of learning/instruction, with לָמַד emphasizing both the act of learning and the pedagogical process of teaching (as reflected in its causative forms), while μανθάνω focuses primarily on the learner's acquisition of knowledge or skill through study, observation, or experience.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To learn, to be instructed, to be taught27.12
- This sense describes the ordinary process of being instructed or taught. Matthew 11:29 has Jesus say, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.”
- To learn, to come to realize27.15
- This sense emphasizes coming to a realization through experience, distinct from formal instruction described above. Philippians 4:9 states, “As for the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things.”
- To understand32.14
- This sense denotes intellectual comprehension of a subject. John 7:15 records the Jews' astonishment, “How has this Man become learned, not having been educated?”
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 2 aorist ἔμαθον; perfect participle μεμαθηκώς; the Sept. for לָמַד; (from Homer down); to…
a. universally: absolutely, to increase one's knowledge, 1 Tim 2:11; 2 Tim 3:7; to be increased in knowledge, 1 Cor 14:31; τί, Rom 16:17; 1 Cor 14:35; Phm 4:9; 2 Tim 3:14; Rev 14:3; in Jn 7:15 supply αὐτά; followed by an indirect question, Mt 9:13; Χριστόν, to be imbued with the knowledge of Christ, Eph 4:20; τί followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the thing furnishing the instruction, Mt 24:32; Mk 13:28; ἀπό with the genitive of the person teaching, Mt 11:29; Col 1:7; as in classical Greek (cf. Krüger, § 68, 34, 1; Buttmann, § 147, 5 (cf. 167 (146) and ἀπό, II. 1 d.)); followed by παρά with the genitive of person teaching, 2 Tim 3:14 cf. Jn 6:45; followed by ἐν with the dative of person, in one i. e. by his example (see ἐν, I. 3 b.), 1 Cor 4:6 (cf. Winers Grammar, 590 (548f); Buttmann, 394f (338)).
b. equivalent to to hear, be informed: followed by ὅτι, Acts 23:27; τί ἀπό τίνος (genitive of person), Gal 3:2 (see ἀπό, as above).
c. to learn by use and practice; (in the preterite) to be in the habit of, accustomed to: followed by an infinitive, 1 Tim 5:1; Tit 3:14; Phm 4:11 (Aeschylus Prom. 1068; Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 25); ἔμαθεν ἀφ' ὧν ἔπαθε τήν ὑπακοήν, Heb 5:8 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 68, 1 and ἀπό, as above). In the difficult passage 1 Tim 5:13, neither ἀργαί depends upon the verb μανθάνουσι (which would mean they learn to be idle, or learn idleness; so Bretschneider (Lexicon, under the word 2 b.), and Winers Grammar, 347 (325f); (cf. Stallbaum's note and references on Plato's Euthydemus, p. 276 b.)), nor περιερχόμενοι (they learn to go about from house to house, — so the majority of interpreters; for, according to uniform Greek usage, a participle joined to the verb μανθάνειν and belonging to the subject denotes what sort of a person one learns or perceives himself to be, as ἔμαθεν ἔγκυος οὖσα, she perceived herself to be with child, Herodotus 1, 5); but μανθάνειν must be taken absolutely (see a. above) and emphatically, of what they learn by going about from house to house and what it is unseemly for them to know; cf. Bengel ad loc, and Buttmann, § 144, 17; (so Wordsworth, in the place cited). (Compare: καταμανθάνω.)
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.
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