Strong's Lexicon
G3129 — μανθάνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3129 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μανθάνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 25 |
| Transliteration: | manthano |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | man-than'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to learn (in any way) |
| KJV Renderings: | learn, understand |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μανθάνω; 2 aorist ἔμαθον; perfect participle μεμαθηκώς; the Sept. for ìÈîÇã; (from Homer down); to learn, be apprised;
a. universally: absolutely, to increase one’s knowledge, 1Ti 2:11; 2Ti 3:7; to be increased in knowledge, 1Co 14:31; τί, Rom 16:17; 1Co 14:35; Php 4:9; 2Ti 3:14; Rev 14:3; in Joh 7:15 supply αὐτά; followed by an indirect question, Mat 9:13; Χριστόν, to be imbued with the knowledge of Christ, Eph 4:20; τί followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the thing furnishing the instruction, Mat 24:32; Mar 13:28; ἀπό with the genitive of the person teaching, Mat 11:29; Col 1:7; as in classical Greek (cf. Krüger, § 68, 34, 1; Buttmann, § 147, 5 (cf. 167 (146) and ἀπό, II. 1 d.)); followed by παρά with the genitive of person teaching, 2Ti 3:14 cf. Joh 6:45; followed by ἐν with the dative of person, in one i. e. by his example (see ἐν, I. 3 b.), 1Co 4:6 (cf. Winers Grammar, 590 (548f); Buttmann, 394f (338)).
b. equivalent to to hear, be informed: followed by ὅτι, Act 23:27; τί ἀπό τίνος (genitive of person), Gal 3:2 (see ἀπό, as above).
c. to learn by use and practice; (in the preterite) to be in the habit of, accustomed to: followed by an infinitive, 1Ti 5:1-25:; Tit 3:14; Php 4:11 (Aeschylus Prom. 1068; Xenophon, an. 3, 2, 25); ἔμαθεν ἀφ’ ὧν ἔπαθε τήν ὑπακοήν, Heb 5:8 (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 68, 1 and ἀπό, as above). In the difficult passage 1Ti 5:13, neither ἀργαί depends upon the verb μανθάνουσι (which would mean they learn to be idle, or learn idleness; so Bretschneider (Lexicon, under the word 2 b.), and Winers Grammar, 347 (325f); (cf. Stallbaum’s note and references on Plato’s Euthydemus, p. 276 b.)), nor περιερχόμενοι (they learn to go about from house to house, — so the majority of interpreters; for, according to uniform Greek usage, a participle joined to the verb μανθάνειν and belonging to the subject denotes what sort of a person one learns or perceives himself to be, as ἔμαθεν ἔγκυος οὖσα, she perceived herself to be with child, Herodotus 1, 5); but μανθάνειν must be taken absolutely (see a. above) and emphatically, of what they learn by going about from house to house and what it is unseemly for them to know; cf. Bengel ad loc, and Buttmann, § 144, 17; (so Wordsworth, in the place cited). (Compare: καταμανθάνω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μανθάνω (learn)
Matthew 9:13
- KJV: But go ye and learn what meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance
- GK: πορευθέντες δε μάθετε τι εστιν έλεον θέλω και ου θυσίαν ου γαρ ήλθον καλέσαι δικαίους αλλά αμαρτωλούς εις μετάνοιαν
Matthew 11:29
- KJV: Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls
- GK: άρατε τον ζυγόν μου εφ΄ υμάς και μάθετε απ΄ εμού ότι πράός ειμι και ταπεινός τη καρδία και ευρήσετε ανάπαυσιν ταις ψυχαίς υμών
Matthew 24:32
- KJV: Now learn a parable of the fig tree When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer nigh
- GK: από δε της συκής μάθετε την παραβολήν όταν ήδη ο κλάδος αυτής γένηται απαλός και τα φύλλα εκφύη γινώσκετε ότι εγγύς το θέρος
Mark 13:28
- KJV: Now learn a parable of the fig tree When her branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer is near
- GK: απο δε της συκής μάθετε την παραβολήν όταν αυτής ήδη ο κλάδος απαλός γένηται και εκφύη τα φύλλα γινώσκετε ότι εγγύς το θέρος εστίν
John 6:45
- KJV: It is written in the prophets And they shall be all taught of God Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me
- GK: έστι γεγραμμένον εν τοις προφήταις και έσονται πάντες διδακτοί του θεού πας ούν ο ακούων παρά του πατρός και μαθών έρχεται προς με
John 7:15
- KJV: And the Jews marvelled saying How knoweth this man letters having never learned
- GK: και εθαύμαζον οι Ιουδαίοι λέγοντες πως ούτος γράμματα οίδε μη μεμαθηκώς
Acts 23:27
- KJV: This man was taken of the Jews and should have been killed of them then came I with an army and rescued him having understood that he was a Roman
- GK: τον άνδρα τούτον συλληφθέντα υπό των Ιουδαίων και μέλλοντα αναιρείσθαι υπ΄ αυτών επιστάς συν τω στρατεύματι εξειλόμην αυτόν μαθών ότι Ρωμαίός εστι
Romans 16:17
- KJV: Now I beseech you brethren mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoid them
- GK: παρακαλώ δε υμάς αδελφοί σκοπείν τους τας διχοστασίας και τα σκάνδαλα παρά την διδαχήν ην υμείς εμάθετε ποιούντας και εκκλίνατε απ΄ αυτών
1 Corinthians 4:6
- KJV: And these things brethren I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes that ye might learn in us not to think above that which is written that no one of you be puffed up for one against another
- GK: ταύτα δε αδελφοί μετεσχημάτισα εις εμαυτόν και Απολλώ δι΄ υμάς ίνα εν ημίν μάθητε το μη υπέρ ο γέγραπται φρονείν ίνα μη εις υπέρ του ενός φυσιούσθε κατά του ετέρου