What does ἄνεμος · διδασκαλία mean in the Bible?
ἄνεμος · διδασκαλία is a Greek phrase meaning "wind of teaching, shifting doctrine".
Greek · G417, G1319
ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας
Wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth) · instruction (the function or the information)
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ἄνεμος G417 wind; (plural) by implication, (the four) quarters (of the earth)
Pronunciation ánemos
Wind as literal force or metaphor for unstable doctrines; "four winds" signifies earth's extremities.
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διδασκαλία G1319 instruction (the function or the information)
Pronunciation didaskalía
The content or doctrine taught, emphasizing the substance of instruction rather than the act of teaching itself.
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What does ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας (anemō tēs didaskalias) mean in the Bible?
ἄνεμος · διδασκαλία is a Greek phrase meaning "wind of teaching, shifting doctrine".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G417, G1319?
G417, G1319 is connected to 31 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. wind of teaching, shifting doctrine
Source Gloss
wind of teaching, shifting doctrine
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 8 Aligned forms 31 Case pattern Genitive (11) Number pattern Singular (20)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:24 · Matt 14:32 · Mark 4:39 · Mark 4:41 · Mark 6:48 · Mark 6:51 · Acts 27:14 · Rev 7:1 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:25 · Matt 7:27 · Matt 8:27 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:7 · Mark 4:37 · Luke 7:24 · Luke 8:23 · John 6:18 · Acts 27:7 · Rev 6:13 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:31 · Mark 13:27 · Jas 3:4 · Jude 1:12 4×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Mark 4:39 · Luke 8:24 · Acts 27:15 · Eph 4:14 4×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:26 · Luke 8:25 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 27:4 · Rev 7:1 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 14:30 1×
Word Origins
ἀνέμῳ τῆς διδασκαλίας 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