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κατηχέω

MainId: 002736000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2727

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002736001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἠχέω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002736001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.225

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Teach

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-30 11:11:32

         DefinitionShort: to teach in a systematic or detailed manner

         Glosses: ['to instruct', 'to teach']

         Comments: It is also possible to understand κατηχέω in {S:04200100400010} as denoting merely what has been told rather than what has been taught (see {L:κατηχέω}[b], {D:33.190}). This distinction is an important one since it implies a quite different relationship of Theophilus to the text of the Gospel of Luke. If {S:04200100400010} pertains merely to Theophilus ‘being told’ something, then one might assume that Theophilus was not a Christian, in which case he may have been a government official to whom the joint publications (the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles) would have been directed as a defense of Christianity. On the other hand, if one understands κατηχέω in the sense of ‘to be taught’ or ‘to be instructed,’ then one would assume that Theophilus was a Christian who had been instructed in the faith. The relationship of Theophilus to the message would then determine in a number of contexts the difference between ‘we’ inclusive and ‘we’ exclusive.

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:4, ACTs 18:25, ROM 2:18, 1COR 14:19, GAL 6:6, GAL 6:6

   2. LEXID: 002736001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 33.190

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Communication

      LEXSubDomains: Inform, Announce

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-09-30 11:11:32

         DefinitionShort: to report in a relatively detailed manner

         Glosses: ['to report', 'to tell', 'to in form']

         Comments: It is also possible to understand {L:κατηχέω} in {S:04200100400010} as systematic teaching (see {D:33.225}).

      LEXReferences: LUKE 1:4, ACTs 21:21, ACTs 21:24