Word study · Greek

theodídaktos

taught by God

Say it: theh-od-ID-ak-tos (approximate)

θεοδίδακτος

What it means

Taught by God (theos "God" plus didaktos "taught"). In 4:9, "you yourselves are taught by God to love one another." It appears only here, and echoes Isaiah 54:13 and John 6:45.

Range of meaning

  • Taught by GodInstructed directly by God.
  • God-taughtGiven the lesson from God.

In 1 Thessalonians

  • Chapter 4

    "You yourselves are taught by God" (4:9).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G2312 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources