Word study · lex.G3129
μανθάνω manthanō
learn · ascertain · learn by practice
Team definition
A verb meaning to learn, especially by inquiry, and also to learn by use and practice so as to acquire a habit. With an accusative of the thing learned: Phil 4:9; Rom 16:17; 2 Tim 3:14. With an infinitive or a predicate nominative it means to learn to be something: Phil 4:11; 1 Tim 5:4; Titus 3:14. A punctiliar aorist can mean to ascertain (Acts 23:27). It may be followed by ἀπό, παρά, or ἐν of the source.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 24
Matt 9:13Matt 11:29Matt 24:32Mark 13:28John 6:45John 7:15Acts 23:27Rom 16:171 Cor 4:61 Cor 14:311 Cor 14:35Gal 3:2Eph 4:20Phil 4:9Phil 4:11Col 1:71 Tim 2:111 Tim 5:41 Tim 5:132 Tim 3:72 Tim 3:14Titus 3:14Heb 5:8Rev 14:3
Senses
1. learn something Phil 4:9, 1 Cor 14:35, 2 Tim 3:14
2. learn to be, by practice Phil 4:11, 1 Tim 5:4, Titus 3:14
3. ascertain Acts 23:27
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. μανθάνω (G3129)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G3129
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
The virtue list and what was seen in Paul (4:8–9) Phil 4:8; Phil 4:9