Quick Definition
διδασκαλία, ας, ἡ n.f. instruction, teaching
Strong's Definition
from 1320; instruction (the function or the information)
KJV Usage: doctrine, learning, teaching
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | διδάσκω
33.224 · Communication · Teach
to teach, teaching to provide instruction in a formal or informal setting The equivalent of ‘to teach’ in many languages is simply a causative form of a verb meaning ‘to learn’ or ‘to know,’ for example, ‘to cause to learn’ or ‘to cause to know.’ In choosing a term for ‘to teach’ it is important to avoid an expression which will denote merely classroom activity.
MRK 7:7 · ROM 12:7 · ROM 15:4 · 1TI 4:13 · 1TI 4:16 · 1TI 5:17 · 1TI 6:3 · 2TI 3:10 · 2TI 3:16 · 2TI 4:3 · TIT 1:9 · TIT 2:7
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διδασκαλία, -as, ἡ, (διδάσκαλος), (fr. Pind. down]; 1. teaching, instruction: Ro. xii. 7; xv. 4 (εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν διδασκαλίαν, that we might be taught, [A. V. for our learning]); 1 Tim. iv. 18, 16; v.17; 2 Tim. iii. 10, 16; Witsdisy 7. 2. teaching i.e. that which is taught, doctrine: Eph. iv. 14; 1 Tim.i. 10; iv. 6; vi.1,3; 2 Tim. iv. 3; Tit.i.9; ii. 1,10; plur. διδασκαλίαι /eachings, precepts, (fr. Is. xxix. 13), Mt. xv. 9; Mk. vii. 7; ἀνθρώπων. Col. ii. 22; δαιμονίων, 1 Tim. iv. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διδασκαλία didaskalia 21x
the act or occupation of teaching, Rom. 12:7; 1 Tim. 4:13; information, instruction, Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 3:16; matter taught, precept, doctrine, Mt. 15:9; 1 Tim. 1:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
διδασκαλία, -ας, ἡ
(< διδάσκω), [in LXX: Pr 2:17 (אַלּוּף), Is 29:13 (למד pu.), Si 24:33 39:8 * ;]
teaching, instruction, in both active and objective senses, most freq. the latter: Ro 12:7 15:4, Eph 4:14, I Ti 4:6, 13, 16 5:17 6:1, 3, II Ti 3:10, 16, Tit 2:7, 10; ὑγιαινοῦσα δ., I Ti 1:10, II Ti 4:3, Tit 1:9 2:1; pl., δ. τ. ἀνθρώπων, Col 2:22; δ. δαιμονίων, I Ti 4:1, δ. διδάσκειν, Mt 15:9, Mk 7:7 (LXX) (Cremer, 182).†
SYN.: διδαχή
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διδασκαλία. In P Oxy VIII 1101? (A.D. 367--70) a Praefect states that certain orders he was issuing were based not on information gained from a few first-comers (παρ᾽ 6]Alyov τῶν πρώτων [πυθόμενο]ς), ἀλλὰ πρὸς διδασκαλίαν τρόπον τινὰ λαμβάνον (ὦ --- wv) [ἐκ τῶν Els ἑκάστ[η]ν πόλιν τε καὶ ἐνορίαν γιγνομένων, ‘but on instruction in a way derived from what occurs in every city and district” (Ed.). Cf. from the inscrr. Syll 3069 (ii/B.c.) ὑπὲρ τᾶς τῶν παίδων διδασκαλίας, 20. 423), 66319. A new literary citation may be given from P Ryl 11. 6233 (iii/a.p.—translated from an unknown Latin writer by one Isidorianus) καὶ τὴν τῶν φαρμάϊκων δι[δ]ασκαλίαν ποιεῖ : the edd. are not satisfied with the reading, but see no alternative. An interesting Christian example of δ. occurs in the prayer of the end of iv/A.p. published by C. Schmidt in Meutestamentliche Studien fiir CG. Heinrici (1914) p. 7135 φώτισον ἐν τῇ [σῇ πα]ρακλήσει" ὅπως καταξιωθῶμεν.. . . τῆς μεγαλοφυοῦς διδασκαλίας τῶν εὐαγγελίων τοῦ σ(ωτῆ)ρ(ο)ς ἡμῶν ᾿Ι(ησο)ῦ Χ(ριστο)ῦ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διδασκαλία (didaskalia) — teaching. 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 dramas produced, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2. διδασκαλίαι, αἱ, Catalogues of the Dramas, their writers, dates, and success, title of compilation by [Refs 5th c.BC+]