1. teaching, instruction, doctrine — The act, content, or body of instruction and doctrinal teaching, especially as transmitted within the Christian community or contrasted with false teaching. The singular and plural forms represent the same core concept — authoritative instruction or its content — with the plural sometimes emphasizing distinct doctrinal points or precepts. Multilingual glosses confirm semantic unity across number: Spanish 'enseñanza/enseñanzas,' Arabic 'التَّعْلِيم/تَعَالِيم' (teaching/teachings), Hindi 'शिक्षा/शिक्षाओं' (instruction/instructions), Korean '가르침/가르침들' (teaching/teachings), Swahili 'mafundisho' (teachings, same form for both singular and plural concepts). Occurrences span the Pastoral Epistles extensively (1 Tim 1:10; 4:1, 6, 13, 16; 5:17; 6:1, 3; 2 Tim 3:10, 16; 4:3; Titus 1:9; 2:1, 7, 10) as well as Matt 15:9; Mark 7:7; Rom 12:7; 15:4; Eph 4:14; Col 2:22. 21×
AR["-التَّعليمِ","-التَّعْلِيمِ","-تَعليمَ","-تَعليمِ","التَّعليمِ","التَّعْليمَ","التَّعْليمُ","التَّعْليمِ","تَعاليمِ","تَعَالِيمَ","تَعْليمي","تَعْلِيمَاتٍ"]·ben["শিক্ষা","শিক্ষা-র","শিক্ষাকে","শিক্ষায়","শিক্ষায়,","শিক্ষায়।","শিক্ষার","শিক্ষার,","শিক্ষারূপে","শিক্ষাসমূহ"]·DE["Lehre","διδασκαλίας"]·EN["instruction","teaching","teachings"]·FR["enseignement"]·heb["הוֹרָאָה","הוֹרָאָה:","הוֹרָאוֹת","לְ-הוֹרָאוֹת","תּוֹרוֹת"]·HI["आज्ञाएँ","शिकश","शिकश,","शिकश:","शिकशअ","शिकशअओन","शिकशओन","शिक्षा-के-लिए"]·ID["ajaran","ajaran,","ajaran-ajaran","pengajaran","pengajaran:"]·IT["insegnamento"]·jav["piwulang","piwulang,","piwulang.","piwulang:"]·KO["가르침","가르침-에","가르침-에서","가르침-을","가르침-을-위해","가르침.","가르침들","가르침들-을","가르침들에","가르침들을","가르침에,","가르침에.","가르침의,","가르침이"]·PT["como-doutrinas","doutrina","doutrina,","doutrina:","doutrinas","ensino","ensinos","instrução"]·RU["учение","учении","учению","учения","учения,","учениям","чтобы"]·ES["enseñanza","enseñanzas"]·SW["-","kufundisha","mafundisho"]·TR["ogretinin","ogretislerini","öğretide","öğretileri","öğretilerin","öğretilerine","öğretimi","öğretimimiz","öğretinin","öğretisi","öğretiye","öğretiye:","öğretiyi","öğretiyle"]·urd["تعلیم","تعلیم-کے","تعلیمات","تعلیموں","تعلیم۔"]
Matt 15:9, Mark 7:7, Rom 12:7, Rom 15:4, Eph 4:14, Col 2:22, 1 Tim 1:10, 1 Tim 4:1, 1 Tim 4:6, 1 Tim 4:13, 1 Tim 4:16, 1 Tim 5:17 (+9 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
δῐδασκᾰλ-ία, ἡ, teaching, instruction, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ποιεῖσθαι, with accusative et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. παρέχειν serve as a lesson, Refs; ἐκ δ., opposed to ἐξ ἔθους, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 elucidation, Refs __3 official instructions, Refs 4th c.AD+; πρὸς διδασκαλίαν for information, Refs 4th c.AD+ __II training, rehearsing of a chorus, etc., δ. τῶν χορῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; also, the…