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Lexicon :: Strong's G2727 - katēcheō

Aa
κατηχέω
Transliteration
katēcheō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ay-kheh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:638,422

Strong’s Definitions

κατηχέω katēchéō, kat-ay-kheh'-o; from G2596 and G2279; to sound down into the ears, i.e. (by implication) to indoctrinate ("catechize") or (genitive case) to apprise of:—inform, instruct, teach.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2727 in the following manner: instruct (3x), teach (3x), inform (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G2727 in the following manner: instruct (3x), teach (3x), inform (2x).

  1. to sound towards, sound down upon, resound

    1. to charm with resounding sound, to fascinate

  2. to teach orally, to instruct

  3. to inform by word of mouth

    1. to be orally informed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατηχέω katēchéō, kat-ay-kheh'-o; from G2596 and G2279; to sound down into the ears, i.e. (by implication) to indoctrinate ("catechize") or (genitive case) to apprise of:—inform, instruct, teach.
STRONGS G2727:
κατηχέω, κατήχω: 1 aorist κατήχησα; passive, present κατηχοῦμαι; perfect κατήχημαι; 1 aorist κατηχήθην; nowhere met with in the O. T.; very rare in secular authors;
1. properly, to sound toward, sound down upon, resound: ἁρμονία κατηχει τῆς θαλαττης, Philostr., p. 791 (icon. 1, 19); to charm with resounding sound, to fascinate, τινα μύθοις, Lucian, Jup. trag. 39.
2. to teach orally, to instruct: Lucian, asin. § 48; Philopatr. 17. In the N. T. only used by Luke and Paul: τινα, 1 Corinthians 14:19; passive ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, by bearing the law, accustomed to be publicly read in the synagogues, Romans 2:18; with the accusative of the thing, αὐτός σε πολλά κατηχήσω τῶν ἀγνωυμενων, Josephus, de vita sua §65 at the end; with accusative of a thing and of a person, τοῦ ἀληθοῦς λόγου βραχέα κατηχησας με, Clement. hom. 1, 13; passive with the accusative of the thing: τήν ὁδόν τοῦ κυρίου, Acts 18:25; τόν λόγον, Galatians 6:6; hence, some ((see Meyer, in the place cited)) resolve Luke 1:4 thus: περί τῶν λόγων, οὕς κατηχήθης (see below).
3. to inform by word of mouth; passive to be orally informed: followed by ὅτι, Philo de leg. ad Gaium § 30; περί τίνος (the genitive of person), followed by ὅτι, Acts 21:21; with the accusative of the thing, ὧν, κατήχηνται περί σου i. e. τούτων, ἅ κτλ., Acts 21:24 (κατηχηθεις περί τῶν συμβεβηκότων (pseudo-) Plutarch, de fluviis (7, 2); 8, 1; 7, 1). To this construction the majority refer Luke 1:4, construing it thus: τήν ἀσφάλειαν τῶν λόγων, περί ὧν κατηχήθης (Winers Grammar, 165 (156); Buttmann, § 143, 7; (see above)). Cf. Gilbert, Dissertatio de christianae catecheseos historia (Lipsius 1836) Part i., p. 1ff; Zezschwitz, System der christl. Katechetik (Leipz. 1863) i., p. 17ff; (and for ecclesiastical usage, Suicer, Thesaurus 2:69ff; Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:4; 1:4
Acts
18:25; 21:21; 21:24
Romans
2:18
1 Corinthians
14:19
Galatians
6:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2727 matches the Greek κατηχέω (katēcheō),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:4 - So that you might have certain knowledge of those things about which you were given teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:25 - This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:21 - And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24 - Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:18 - And have knowledge of his desires, and are a judge of the things which are different, having the learning of the law,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:19 - But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:6 - But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.
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