διδασκαλία
Instruction (the function or the information) · be healthy
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διδασκαλία G1319 instruction (the function or the information)
ὑγιαίνω G5198 be healthy
What does διδασκαλία (didaskalía) mean in the Bible?
διδασκαλία · ὑγιαίνω is a Greek word meaning "instruction (the function or the information)". :--doctrine, learning, teaching. The metaphor of health implies that doctrine can either strengthen or sicken a church; elders must promote what nourishes spiritual vitality.
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Meaning
:--doctrine, learning, teaching.
Why This Word Matters
The metaphor of health implies that doctrine can either strengthen or sicken a church; elders must promote what nourishes spiritual vitality. Titus 1:5-9
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 11 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Biblical Occurrences
Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
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