What does θεοδίδακτος (theodídaktos) mean in the Bible?
θεοδίδακτος (theodídaktos): Divinely instructed people, taught directly by God rather than through human instruction alone
Greek · G2312
θεοδίδακτος
Divinely instructed
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θεοδίδακτοςG2312
Pronunciationtheodídaktos
What does θεοδίδακτος (theodídaktos) mean in the Bible?
θεοδίδακτος (theodídaktos): Divinely instructed people, taught directly by God rather than through human instruction alone
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2312?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include taught by God (1).
Where does θεοδίδακτος (theodídaktos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Thessalonians 4:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Thessalonians (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 Ittaught by God1×1 Thessalonians 4:9
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First aligned row1 Thessalonians 4:9
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Thessalonians1
Source forms
θεοδίδακτοί1xtheodidaktoi1 Thessalonians 4:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1x1 Thessalonians 4:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divinely instructed people, taught directly by God rather than through human instruction alone
Strong'sG2312
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
divinely instructed
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Thessalonians 4:9Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
θεοδίδακτοίqeodidaktoi
taught by God
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine1 Thess 4:91×
Word Origins
θεοδίδακτος is built from these roots: