to learn

Greek Verb

μανθάνω [in LXX chiefly for לָמַד;] 1) to learn, esp. by inquiry: absol, 1Co.14:31, 1Ti.2:11, 2Ti.3:7; with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.7:15 (sc. αὐτά), Rom.16:17, 1Co.14:35, Php.4:9, 2Ti.3:14, Rev.14:3; before quaes. indir, Mat.9:13; Χριστόν, Eph.4:20 (ICC, in l); before ἀπό, with genitive of thing(s), Mat.24:32, Mrk.13:28; ἀπό, with genitive of person(s), Mat.11:29, Col.1:7; παρά, with genitive of person(s), 2Ti.3:14; ἐν, with dative of person(s), 1Co.4:6; "point" aorist (M, Pr., 117), to ascertain, before ὅτι, Act.23:27; with accusative before ἀπό, Gal.3:2. 2) to learn by use and practice, acquire the habit of, be accustomed to: with inf. (Bl, § 69, 4), 1Ti.5:4, Tit.3:14; id. with nom, in pred. (El, § 72, 1), Php.4:11; with accusative of thing(s) before ἀπό, Heb.5:8; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσιν (EV, they learn to be idle; Bl, § 73, 5; Field, Notes, 210), 1Ti.5:13. (AS)

to learn

Greek Verb

μανθάνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future μᾰθήσομαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect μᾰθεῦμαι uncertain in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἔμᾰθον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἔμμαθον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect μεμάθηκα [Refs 6th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐμεμαθήκη[Refs]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐμεμαθήκει [Refs]; 3rd.pers. plural μεμαθήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, used by good writers only in present, as [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist forms μάθον, ἔμμαθες, ἔμμαθε:—learn, especially by study (but also, by practice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; by experience, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μάθον ἔμμεναι ἐσθλός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ταλάντου τοῦτ᾽ ἔμαθεν for a talent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ μανθάνοντες learners, pupils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη learn by heart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τί τινος learn from, [Refs 5th c.BC+] Thgn.[same place]; μ. καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον Xenoph.[same place]; τι ἔκ τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρά τινος ὅτι. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν μάθοιμ᾽ εἰ. [Refs]: with infinitive, learn to, or how to, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) acquire a habit of, and in past tenses, to be accustomed to, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μεμαθηκός that which is usual, πρότερον ἢ ὕστερον τοῦ μ. [Refs]; ἀργαὶ μανθάνουσι acquire a habit of idleness, [NT] III) perceive, remark, notice, τὸ πλῆθος [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) frequently with participle, μ. τὴν νέα ἐμβαλοῦσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μάνθανε ὤν know that you are, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) with ὅτι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with ὡς, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) understand [Refs 5th c.BC+] if you take me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; d'ye see? Answ, πάνυ μανθάνω perfectly! [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) τί μαθών; frequently in questions, literal under what persuasion, with what idea? hence ironically for why on earth? τί δὴ μ. φαίνεις ἄνευ θρυαλλίδο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί τοῦτο μ. προσέγραψε; [Refs 4th c.BC+] (sometimes with variant{τί παθών}; what possessed you to? compare πάσχω); imitated in later Greek, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also indirectly, because (with a sense of disapprobation), ὅ τι μαθόντες τοὺς ξένους μὲν λέγετε ποιητὰς σοφούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: even with neuter subject, ὅμως δ᾽ ἂν κακὰ ἦν, ὅ τι μαθόντα χαίρειν ποιεῖ [Refs]

Greek

Verb

to learn (in any way); learn, understand; prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, , is used as an alternate in certain tenses