διδαχή
teaching
‘teaching’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
See every Dative-case word in the Greek New Testament →
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine 13 times (43%)
- Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine 7 times (23%)
- Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine 6 times (20%)
- Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine 3 times (10%)
- Noun, Dative, Plural, Feminine 1 time (3%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 30 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G1322 appears — 29 distinct verses across 12 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 3 verses
- Matthew 7:28 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
- Matthew 16:12 διδαχῆς n gen sg fem Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Matthew 22:33 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Mark 5 verses
- Mark 1:22 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
- Mark 1:27 διδαχὴ n nom sg fem They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"
- Mark 4:2 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
- Mark 11:18 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
- Mark 12:38 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem In his teaching he said to them, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,
Luke 1 verse
John 3 verses
- John 7:16 διδαχὴ n nom sg fem Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
- John 7:17 διδαχῆς n gen sg fem If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
- John 18:19 διδαχῆς n gen sg fem The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.
Acts 4 verses
- Acts 2:42 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
- Acts 5:28 διδαχῆς n gen sg fem saying, "Didn't we strictly charge you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."
- Acts 13:12 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
- Acts 17:19 διδαχή n nom sg fem They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?
Romans 2 verses
- Romans 6:17 διδαχῆς n gen sg fem But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.
- Romans 16:17 διδαχὴν n acc sg fem Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
1 Corinthians 2 verses
- 1 Corinthians 14:6 διδαχῇ n dat sg fem But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with other languages, what would I profit you, unless I speak to you either by way of revelation, or of knowledge, or of prophesying, or of teaching?
- 1 Corinthians 14:26 διδαχὴν n acc sg fem What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.
2 Timothy 1 verse
Titus 1 verse
Hebrews 2 verses
- Hebrews 6:2 διδαχῆς n gen sg fem of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
- Hebrews 13:9 διδαχαῖς n dat pl fem Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
2 John 2 verses
- 2 John 1:9 διδαχῇ διδαχῇ n dat sg fem n dat sg fem Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
- 2 John 1:10 διδαχὴν n acc sg fem If anyone comes to you, and doesn't bring this teaching, don't receive him into your house, and don't welcome him,
Revelation 3 verses
- Revelation 2:14 διδαχὴν n acc sg fem But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
- Revelation 2:15 διδαχὴν n acc sg fem So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise.
- Revelation 2:24 διδαχὴν n acc sg fem But to you I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have this teaching, who don't know what some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you I say, I am not putting any other burden on you.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek noun διδαχη centers on the idea of “teaching.” Older and newer Bibles part ways — “doctrine” in the King James Version, “teaching” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 29 verses across 12 books of the Greek New Testament, among its moderately common vocabulary. Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 7:28. Lexicons map it across 2 senses. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1322 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 29
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 29 distinct verses.
- 12 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 12 of 27 New Testament books.
- #463
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Greek words (rank 463 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 29 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 29 distinct verses.
- Gospels 12 verses · 41%
- Johannine 8 verses · 28%
- Pauline corpus 6 verses · 21%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 5 verses · 17%
- Revelation 3 verses · 10%
- Hebrews 2 verses · 7%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 2 verses · 7%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Doctrine 28×
- American Standard Version: Teaching 26×
- Berean Standard Bible: Teaching 26×, Instruction 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Teaching 29×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1322 across 30 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1322 across 32 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1322 across 30 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1322 across 33 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- teaching
- the act of teaching, instruction
Word origin
Derived from διδασκω (didáskō) (G1321) — to teach.
From G1321 ; instruction (the act or the matter): - doctrine hath been taught.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 6 distinct written forms G1322 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διδαχῇ didachē̂ | Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine | Matthew 7:28 | 13 |
| διδαχὴν didachḕn | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine | Romans 16:17 | 7 |
| διδαχῆς didachē̂s | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine | Matthew 16:12 | 6 |
| διδαχὴ didachḕ | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine | Mark 1:27 | 2 |
| διδαχή didachḗ | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine | Acts 17:19 | 1 |
| διδαχαῖς didachaîs | Noun, Dative, Plural, Feminine | Hebrews 13:9 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1322, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word διδαχη appears 1 time in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 1 verse in 1 book.
- 1
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 1
- verse
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 1 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 1 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Psalms 59:1 διδαχή
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1322) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1322) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
