Didasko is used for giving instruction to people, whether publicly, privately, or through teaching passed on to others.

The verb most often denotes the giving of instruction: Jesus teaches crowds and people in public settings, and others teach communities, individuals, and succeeding teachers. The same instructional activity can concern prayer, the way of God, inherited traditions, or matters conveyed from one person to another; passive forms portray people as having received such instruction.

1. Giving instruction to people · dominant

   Across the sample, the active forms describe instruction addressed to hearers in public and communal settings: in Luke 5:3 the APB renders Jesus seated in a boat and teaching the crowds, while Acts 5:42 renders continued teaching from the temple and house to house. The verb also describes instruction transmitted within communities: Acts 18:11 has a present participle while Paul teaches the word of God among them, and 2 Timothy 2:2 places an aorist infinitive after the charge to entrust heard material to reliable people able to teach others. Passive forms present the receiving side of the same activity, as in 2 Thessalonians 2:15, where the addressees were taught traditions by word or letter.

   Luke 5:3Acts 5:42Acts 18:112 Timothy 2:22 Thessalonians 2:15Luke 11:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “teach,” including teaching crowds, people, or others, and uses “were taught” where the supplied morphology is passive. These English expressions confirm the clauses' instructional setting rather than establish separate lexical meanings.