noun · feminine
didachas
Strong’sG1322
teaching, doctrine
stem didach-30 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Teaching or doctrine — the content of what is taught, the body of instruction itself 124. In this sense the word refers to a specific teaching or set of teachings, often identified by whose teaching it is (as in "the teaching of Christ" or "the teaching of the Pharisees") or by its subject matter 1.
The word can also refer, more actively, to the act of teaching — the process of instructing rather than its content 12. In this use it describes teaching as something done, for instance in the course of someone's ministry or when speaking in an assembly 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
διδαχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< διδάσκω), [in LXX: Ps 59 (60) tit. (למד pi.); Sm.: De 33:8 *;]
SYN.: διδασκαλία
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1322 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddid-akh-ay'
instruction (the act or the matter)
Fromfrom G1321;
King Jamesdoctrine, hath been taught.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
teaching, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 military regulations or discipline, τοὐναντίον αὐτῶν τῆς στρατιωτικῆς δ. πεποιηκότων Refs 2nd c.AD+
II ={διδασκαλία}Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | didachas3×διδαχὴ | didachais |
| object accusative | didachan8×διδαχὴν | didachain |
| direct address vocative | didachar | didachair |
| of, belonging to genitive | didachau5×διδαχῆς | didachaiu |
| to, for dative | didacha13×διδαχῇ | didachai1×διδαχαῖς |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
didacha is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
30 occurrences, every one of them listed
didachas“teaching”subjectnominative singular3×
Mark 1:27… pros heautoin legarōntoin; Tinem atō houtem? didachas kainas; kata exousian kai tei pneumei …… another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the …
John 7:16… tos Iēsus kai legata; Tas ēmas didachas ouk atō ēmas alla tou pemparantou …“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied …
Acts 17:19… kainas houtas tas hupo su lalorōntas didachas?… May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
didachan“teaching”objectaccusative singular8×
Romans 16:17… dichostasiain kai teim skandaleim para tan didachan han vis mathava poiarōntoin, kai ekklinavōr …… obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from …
1 Corinthians 14:26… adelfoir? hotan sunerchoveiō, hekastos psalmon echatō, didachan echatō, apokalupsian echatō, glōssan echatō, hermēneian …… everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an …
Titus 1:9antechorōnton tou kata tan didachan pistou logou, hina dunatos ateiō kai …… the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others …
Hebrews 6:2“of doctrine,”baptismoiu didachan epithesiau tē cheiraiu, anastasiau tē nekroiu …instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal …
2 John 1:10… erchotō pros vin kai houtan tan didachan ouk feratō, mē labavōr auton eis …… you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your …
Revelation 2:14… oligeim, hoti echasō ekei kratarōntoin tan didachan Balaam, hos didaskate to Balak balara …… some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to …
Revelation 2:15houtōs echasō kai sis kratarōntoin tan didachan Nikolaitoiu homoiōs.… of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Revelation 2:24… en Thuateirei, hosois ouk echalō tan didachan houtan, hotinois ouk gnōskala teim bathueim …… who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called …
didachau“teaching”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Matthew 16:12… zumau toiu artoiu alla apo tau didachau toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu.… used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
John 7:17… thelēmem autou poiarō, gnōsketi peri tau didachau poteron ek tou theou atō ē …… will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I …
John 18:19… toiu mathētoiu autou kai peri tau didachau autou.… Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.
Acts 5:28… kai idou plēravē tan Ierousalēm tau didachau vu, kai boulovō epagara epi nin …… you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us …
Romans 6:17… ek kardiau eis hon paradōiva tupon didachau,… you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.
didacha“teaching”to, fordative singular13×
Matthew 7:28… houtoin, ekplēssole tois ochlois epi ta didacha autou;… the crowds were astonished at His teaching,
Matthew 22:33… akouarantois tois ochlois ekplēssole epi ta didacha autou.… this, they were astonished at His teaching.
Mark 1:22kai ekplēssole epi ta didacha autou, ate gar didaskarōntos autoin hōs …The people were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who …
Mark 4:2… polleim kai legate autoi en ta didacha autou;… things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
Mark 11:18… gar tos ochlos ekplēssote epi ta didacha autou.… whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
Mark 12:38Kai en ta didacha autou legate; Blepavōr apo toiu grammatevoiu …In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for …
Luke 4:32kai ekplēssole epi ta didacha autou, hoti en exousia ate tos …They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.
Acts 2:42ale de proskarterarōntois ta didacha toiu apostoloiu kai ta koinōnia, ta …They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the …
Acts 13:12… tem genarēntem pisteuata ekplēssorōntos epi ta didacha tou kuriou.… for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14:6… gnōsia ē en profēteia ē en didacha?… revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
2 Timothy 4:2“teaching”… epitimasar, parakalasar, en panta makrothumia kai didacha.… season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form …
2 John 1:9… proagarōntos kai mē menarōntos en ta didacha tou Christou theon ouk echatō; tos …… runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God …
2 John 1:9… ouk echatō; tos menarōntos en ta didacha, houtos kai ton patron kai ton …… have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the …
didachai“teachings”to, fordative plural1×
Hebrews 13:9didachai poikilai kai xenai mē paraferovōr; kalem …… away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the …