manthanō (to learn)

Meaning

Usually translated “do learn”, “learn” and “having learned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

do learn 4
to learn 3
having learned 2
have learned 2
you have learned 2
you learned 2
should learn 2
having studied 1

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

Where it's used most

Matthew 3
1 Corinthians 3
1 Timothy 3
John 2
Philippians 2
2 Timothy 2

15 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

1 Timothy 5:4In contextBut if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
1 Timothy 5:13In contextAnd withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Titus 3:14In contextAnd let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

All 24 verses, by book

Matthew 3: 9:13 11:29 24:32
Mark 1: 13:28
John 2: 6:45 7:15
Acts 1: 23:27
Romans 1: 16:17
1 Corinthians 3: 4:6 14:31 14:35
Galatians 1: 3:2
Ephesians 1: 4:20
Philippians 2: 4:9 4:11
Colossians 1: 1:7
1 Timothy 3: 2:11 5:4 5:13
2 Timothy 2: 3:7 3:14
Titus 1: 3:14
Hebrews 1: 5:8
Revelation 1: 14:3

Greek dictionary

μανθάνω manthanō · to learn

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. …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

LEARN, verb transitive

lern.

To gain knowledge of; to acquire knowledge or ideas of something before unknown.“Now learn a parable of the fig tree” Matthew 24:32
To acquire skill in any thing; to gain by practice a faculty of performing; as, to learn to play on a flute or an organ.
To teach; to communicate the knowledge of something before unknown.

All definitions and other forms of “learn”

LEARN, verb intransitive

lern.

To gain or receive knowledge; to receive instruction; to take pattern; with of.“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly -” Matthew 11:29
To receive information or intelligence.

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