# teach, teaching, untaught

## Definition:

To “teach” someone is to tell him something he doesn’t already know. It can also mean to “provide information” in general, with no reference to the person who is learning. Usually the information is given in a formal or systematic way. A person’s “teaching” is or his “teachings” are what he has taught.

* A “teacher” is someone who teaches. The past action of “teach” is “taught.”
* When Jesus was teaching, he was explaining things about God and his kingdom.
* Jesus’ disciples called him “Teacher” as a respectful form of address for someone who taught people about God.
* The information that is being taught can be shown or spoken.
* The term “doctrine” refers to a set of teachings from God about himself as well as God’s instructions about how to live. This could also be translated as “teachings from God” or “what God teaches us.”
* The phrase “what you have been taught” could also be translated as, “what these people have taught you” or “what God has taught you,” depending on the context.
* Other ways to translate “teach” could include “tell” or “explain” or “instruct.”
* Often this term can be translated as “teaching people about God.”

(See also: [instruct](../other/instruct.md), [teacher](../other/teacher.md), [word of God](../kt/wordofgod.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Timothy 01:03](rc://en/tn/help/1ti/01/03)
* [Acts 02:40-42](rc://en/tn/help/act/02/40)
* [John 07:14](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/07/14)
* [Luke 04:31](rc://en/tn/help/luk/04/31)
* [Matthew 04:23](rc://en/tn/help/mat/04/23)
* [Psalms 032:08](rc://en/tn/help/psa/032/08)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H502, H2094, H2449, H3045, H3046, H3256, H3384, H3925, H3948, H7919, H8150, G1317, G1321, G1322, G2085, G2605, G2727, G3100, G2312, G2567, G3811, G4994
