What does διδακτός (didaktós) mean in the Bible?
διδακτός (didaktós) is a Greek word meaning "(subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching".
Greek · G1318
διδακτός
(Subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching
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διδακτός G1318
Pronunciation didaktós
What does διδακτός (didaktós) mean in the Bible?
διδακτός (didaktós) is a Greek word meaning "(subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1318?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include taught (2), taught [us] (1).
Where does διδακτός (didaktós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 6:45. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It taught 2× John 6:45, 1 Corinthians 2:13
taught [us] 1× 1 Corinthians 2:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 6:45
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
John 1 1 Corinthians 2
Source forms
διδακτοῖς 2x didaktois 1 Corinthians 2:13
διδακτοὶ 1x didaktoi John 6:45
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 2x 1 Corinthians 2:13
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x John 6:45
Evidence Summary
Greek word. (subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching
Strong's G1318
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
(subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 6:45 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
διδακτοὶ didaktoi
taught, instructed
Read verse 1 Corinthians 2:13 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
διδακτοῖς didaktoiv
taught, instructed
Read verse 1 Corinthians 2:13 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
διδακτοῖς didaktoiv
taught, instructed
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 6:45 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 2:13 2×
Word Origins
διδακτός is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain