What does διδαχή · ποικίλος · ξένος mean in the Bible?
διδαχή · ποικίλος · ξένος is a Greek phrase meaning "varied and foreign teachings".
Greek · G1322, G4164, G3581
διδαχαῖς ποικίλαις καὶ ξέναις
Instruction (the act or the matter) · various · foreign
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διδαχή G1322 instruction (the act or the matter)
Pronunciation didachḗ
Teaching as both the act of instructing and the content being taught; often emphasizes doctrinal content.
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ποικίλος G4164 various
Pronunciation poikílos
Variety of kinds or types, emphasizing diverse manifestations of the same category rather than mere difference
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ξένος G3581 foreign
Pronunciation xénos
Foreigner or social outsider; emphasizes alienation from community belonging rather than mere geographic distance.
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What does διδαχαῖς ποικίλαις καὶ ξέναις (didachais poikilais kai xenais) mean in the Bible?
διδαχή · ποικίλος · ξένος is a Greek phrase meaning "varied and foreign teachings".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1322, G4164, G3581?
G1322, G4164, G3581 is connected to 30 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. varied and foreign teachings
Source Gloss
varied and foreign teachings
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 30 Case pattern Dative (14) Number pattern Singular (29)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 1:27 · John 7:16 · Acts 17:19 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 16:12 · John 7:17 · John 18:19 · Acts 5:28 · Rom 6:17 5×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 7:28 · Matt 22:33 · Mark 1:22 · Mark 4:2 · Mark 11:18 · Mark 12:38 · Luke 4:32 · Acts 2:42 · Acts 13:12 · 1 Cor 14:6 · 2 Tim 4:2 · 2 John 1:9 13×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 13:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Rom 16:17 · 1 Cor 14:26 · Titus 1:9 · Heb 6:2 · 2 John 1:10 · Rev 2:14 · Rev 2:15 · Rev 2:24 8×
Word Origins
διδαχαῖς ποικίλαις καὶ ξέναις 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