manthano describes acquiring understanding or practiced conduct through instruction, observation, inquiry, or experience.

The verb denotes acquiring understanding or a pattern of conduct: people are directed to grasp the meaning of a saying, draw a conclusion from an observed sign, obtain needed information, and become practiced in obedience, contentment, or household responsibility.

1. Acquire understanding or practiced conduct · dominant

   In Matthew 9:13, the second-person aorist active form directs hearers to seek the meaning of the saying about mercy and sacrifice; the APB renders, "Go and learn what this means." In Mark 13:28, the same person and tense form concerns drawing a conclusion about summer from the fig tree; Acts 23:27 places an aorist active participle before the rescue after the man's Roman citizenship became known. Hebrews 5:8, Philippians 4:11, and 1 Timothy 5:4 show acquisition expressed in obedience through suffering, contentment in circumstances, and conduct toward one's household.

   Matthew 9:13Mark 13:28Acts 23:27Hebrews 5:8Philippians 4:111 Timothy 5:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly uses forms of "learn," including "learn what this means" in Matthew 9:13 and "learned to be content" in Philippians 4:11. It also presents the result through surrounding clauses, such as learning a person's citizenship in Acts 23:27.