Word study · Greek
heterodidaskaléō
teach a different doctrine
Say it: het-er-o-did-as-kal-EH-o (approximate)
ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω
What it means
To teach something different (heteros "other" plus didaskō "teach"). In 1:3 and 6:3, teaching "a different doctrine" from the sound words of the Lord. It appears only in this letter.
Range of meaning
- Teach differentlyOffer another teaching.
- Teach errorTeach what is not sound.
In 1 Timothy
- Chapter 1
"Not to teach a different doctrine" (1:3). The word appears only here and in 6:3.
- Chapter 6
"If anyone teaches a different doctrine" (6:3).
Every verse (2)
Verses where G2085 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources