adjective
didaktos
Greekδιδακτός (didaktos)
Strong’sG1318
taught, instructed
stem didakt-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
διδακτός, -ή, -όν
(< διδάσκω), [in LXX: Is 54:13 (לִמּוּד), I Mac 4:7 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1318 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddid-ak-tos'
(subjectively) instructed, or (objectively) communicated by teaching
Fromfrom G1321;
King Jamestaught, which … teacheth.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | didaktos | didaktas | didaktem | didaktois1×διδακτοὶ | didaktais | didakteim |
| object accusative | didakton | didaktan | didaktoin | didaktain | ||
| direct address vocative | didaktor | didaktar | didaktoir | didaktair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | didaktou | didaktau | didakteu | didaktoiu | didaktaiu | didakteiu |
| to, for dative | didakto | didakta | didakte | didaktoi2×διδακτοῖς | didaktai | didaktei |
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
didakt 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
didaktois“taught”subjectnominative plural1×
John 6:45“taught”atō grafirētem en toi profētoi; Kai eli pantois didaktois theou; pantos tos akouaratos para tou patērou kai matharatos erchetō pros min.It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me —
didaktoi“taught”to, fordative plural2×
1 Corinthians 2:13“taught”heim kai lalanō ouk en didaktoi anthrōpinau sofiau logoi, alla en didaktoi pneumeu, pneumatikei pneumatikeim sunkrinarōtois.And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
1 Corinthians 2:13“taught”heim kai lalanō ouk en didaktoi anthrōpinau sofiau logoi, alla en didaktoi pneumeu, pneumatikei pneumatikeim sunkrinarōtois.And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.