Taught (Adjective)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1didaktosG1318

primarily "what can be taught," then, "taught," is used (a) of persons, Joh 6:45; (b) of things, 1Co 2:13 (twice), "(not in words which man's wisdom) teacheth, (but which the Spirit) teacheth," lit., "(not in words) taught (of man's wisdom, but) taught (of the Spirit)."

2theodidaktosG2312

"God-taught" (Theos, "God," and No. 1), occurs in 1Th 4:9, lit., "God-taught (persons);" while the missionaries had "taught" the converts to love one another, God had Himself been their Teacher. Cp. Joh 6:45 (see No. 1).