UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἠχέω

Sense 1: to instruct, to teach

Semantic entry: 33.225

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Teach

Definition: to teach in a systematic or detailed manner

Notes: It is also possible to understand κατηχέω in RV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 1:4 as denoting merely what has been told rather than what has been taught (see κατηχέω [source selector 000001][b], 33.190: κατηχέω). This distinction is an important one since it implies a quite different relationship of Theophilus to the text of the Gospel of Luke. If RV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 1:4 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.

LUK 1:4: RV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 1:4

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OET-RV LUK 1:4

4 so that you could know the definite background behind what you were taught.

OET-LV LUK 1:4

4 in _order _that you _may _know the certainty concerning which of_the_messages you _were _instructed.

ACT 18:25: RV ACT 18:25 · LV ACT 18:25 · Read together ACT 18:25

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OET-RV ACT 18:25

25 and had been taught about the master’s way. Being a very enthusiastic person, he started teaching about Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus), even though he didn’t know about being filled with the spirit.

OET-LV ACT 18:25

25 This one was having _been _instructed the way of _the master, and being _zealous the in _spirit, he _was _speaking and was _teaching exactly the things concerning the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), knowing only the immersion of _Yōannaʸs.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 1:4

ACT: RV ACT 18:25 · LV ACT 18:25 · Read together ACT 18:25

ROM: RV ROM 2:18 · LV ROM 2:18 · Read together ROM 2:18

CO1: RV CO1 14:19 · LV CO1 14:19 · Read together CO1 14:19

GAL: RV GAL 6:6 · LV GAL 6:6 · Read together GAL 6:6

Sense 2: to report, to tell, to in form

Semantic entry: 33.190

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Inform, Announce

Definition: to report in a relatively detailed manner

Notes: It is also possible to understand κατηχέω in RV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 1:4 as systematic teaching (see 33.225: κατηχέω).

LUK 1:4: RV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 1:4

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OET-RV LUK 1:4

4 so that you could know the definite background behind what you were taught.

OET-LV LUK 1:4

4 in _order _that you _may _know the certainty concerning which of_the_messages you _were _instructed.

ACT 21:21: RV ACT 21:21 · LV ACT 21:21 · Read together ACT 21:21

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OET-RV ACT 21:21

21 But they’ve heard reports that you’ve been teaching the Yehudim that live outside our country that they don’t have to obey what Mosheh wrote—telling them that they don’t have to have their children circumcised and that they don’t have to follow our Jewish customs.

OET-LV ACT 21:21

21 And they _were _instructed concerning you, that you _are _teaching apostasy from Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) all Youdaiōns the ones among the pagans, saying them not to _be _circumcising their children, nor to _be _walking in _the customs.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 1:4 · LV LUK 1:4 · Read together LUK 1:4

ACT: RV ACT 21:21 · RV ACT 21:24 · LV ACT 21:21 · LV ACT 21:24 · Read together ACT 21:21 · Read together ACT 21:24

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατηχέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to instruct, to teach

Sense 2: to report, to tell, to in form