To instruct

Usually translated “have been informed”, “were instructed” and “instructed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• they have been informed 2
• you were instructed 1
• instructed 1
• being instructed 1
• i may instruct 1
• being taught 1
• teaching 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Acts 3
• Luke 1
• Romans 1
• 1 Corinthians 1
• Galatians 1

5 books in all.

• Instruction (torah)
• To order (parangellō)
• To give orders (diastellō)
• To instruct (paideuō)

• Acts 18:25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
• Acts 21:21And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
• Acts 21:24Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
• Romans 2:18And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
• 1 Corinthians 14:19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
• Galatians 6:6Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “instructed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.