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Strong's G3129 μανθάνω (manthano)

Manthano means “learn” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3129 — yonathan (“Jonathan”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3129
Language Greek
Linked Usages 75
Books 34

Strong's G3129 Quick Answer

Strong's G3129 μανθάνω (manthano) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. manthano (man-than'-o) v. 1. to learn (in any way) [prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses] It has 75 linked Bible usages across 34 books. Visible English usage signals include learn, learned, and learning. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
manthano (man-than'-o) v. 1. to learn (in any way) [prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses]
Usage
75 linked usages
Books
34 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
learn, learned, and learning

Meaning and Definition

manthano (man-than'-o) v. 1. to learn (in any way) [prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses] KJV: learn, understand Compare: G1321 See also: G3100

Original Word
μανθάνω
Transliteration
manthano
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3129. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to learn

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G3129 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render manthano, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

learn Matthew 9:13 13× learned John 6:45 learning 2 Timothy 3:7

How Strong's G3129 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 33 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3129 (μανθάνω) appears 54 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3129 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3129 in the New Testament

24 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 9:13 KJV

But 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 11:29 KJV

Take 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 24:32 KJV

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Strong's G3129 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 2:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.

Deuteronomy 4:10 Septuagint / Brenton

even the things that happened in the day in which ye stood before the Lord our God in Horeb in the day of the assembly; for the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days which they live upon the earth, and they shall teach their sons.

Deuteronomy 5:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the ordinances and judgments, all that I speak in your ears this day, and ye shall learn them, and observe to do them.

Strong's G3129 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

15 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 10:72 Septuagint / Brenton

Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to stand before our face; for thy fathers have been twice put to flight in their own land.

2 Maccabees 7:2 Septuagint / Brenton

But one of them that spoke first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.

3 Maccabees 1:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Now Philopator, on learning from those who came back that Antiochus had made himself master of the places which belonged to himself, sent orders to all his footmen and horsemen, took with him his sister Arsinoe, and marched out as far as the parts of Raphia, where Antiochus and his forces encamped.

Strong's G3129 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 25:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost thou ask me regarding the fragrance of the tree,

1 Enoch 99:10 Septuagint / Brenton

But in those days blessed are all they who accept the words of wisdom, and understand them, And observe the paths of the Most High, and walk in the path of His righteousness, And become not godless with the godless; For they shall be saved.

1 Enoch 104:13 Septuagint / Brenton

wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt therefrom all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'

Usage Excerpts

First 75 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3129.

Exodus 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.
Deuteronomy 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even the things that happened in the day in which ye stood before the Lord our God in Horeb in the day of the assembly; for the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days which they live upon the earth, and they shall teach their sons.
Deuteronomy 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the ordinances and judgments, all that I speak in your ears this day, and ye shall learn them, and observe to do them.
Deuteronomy 14:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there; ye shall bring the tithe of thy corn and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the firstborn of thy herd and of thy flock, that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
Deuteronomy 17:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord thy God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances:
Deuteronomy 18:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when thou shalt have entered into the land which the Lord thy God gives thee, thou shalt not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.
Deuteronomy 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
having assembled the people, the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger that is in your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God; and they shall hearken to do all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 31:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord thy God all the days that they live upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.
1 Chronicles 25:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small of them, of the perfect ones and the learners.
Esther 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai.
Job 34:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Howbeit do thou learn, Job: No longer make answer as the foolish:
Psalms 105:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But were mingled with the heathen, And learned their works.
Psalms 118:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, When I have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.
Psalms 118:71 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is good for me that thou hast afflicted me; That I might learn thine ordinances.
Psalms 118:73 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me: Instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.
Proverbs 17:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. And he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischiefs.
Proverbs 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And get snares to thy soul.
Isaiah 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
Isaiah 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles: and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war anymore.
Isaiah 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest.
Isaiah 26:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
which our soul longs for: my spirit seeks thee very early in the morning, O God, for thy commandments are a light on the earth: learn righteousness, ye that dwell upon the earth.
Isaiah 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.
Isaiah 28:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear,
Isaiah 29:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace.
Isaiah 32:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the heart of the weak ones shall attend to hear, and the stammering tongues shall soon learn to speak peace.
Isaiah 47:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the abundance of thy sorcery, which thou hast learned from thy youth; if thou canst be profited.
Jeremiah 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return.
Jeremiah 10:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, Learn ye not the ways of the heathen, and be not alarmed at the signs of the sky; for they are alarmed at them, falling on their faces.
Jeremiah 12:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of my people, to swear by my name, saying, The Lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall that nation be built in the midst of my people.
Jeremiah 13:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall ye be able to do good, having learned evil.
Ezekiel 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
Ezekiel 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men.
Micah 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall judge among many peoples, and shall rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles; and nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war anymore.
Matthew 9:13 New Testament, KJV
But 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 11:29 New Testament, KJV
Take 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 24:32 New Testament, KJV
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mark 13:28 New Testament, KJV
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
John 6:45 New Testament, KJV
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
John 7:15 New Testament, KJV
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Acts 23:27 New Testament, KJV
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
Romans 16:17 New Testament, KJV
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
1 Corinthians 4:6 New Testament, KJV
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
1 Corinthians 14:31 New Testament, KJV
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
1 Corinthians 14:35 New Testament, KJV
And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
Galatians 3:2 New Testament, KJV
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Ephesians 4:20 New Testament, KJV
But ye have not so learned Christ;
Philippians 4:9 New Testament, KJV
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Philippians 4:11 New Testament, KJV
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Colossians 1:7 New Testament, KJV
As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
1 Timothy 2:11 New Testament, KJV
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
1 Timothy 5:4 New Testament, KJV
But 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 5:13 New Testament, KJV
And 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.
2 Timothy 3:7 New Testament, KJV
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 3:14 New Testament, KJV
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
Titus 3:14 New Testament, KJV
And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
Hebrews 5:8 New Testament, KJV
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Revelation 14:3 New Testament, KJV
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
1 Maccabees 10:72 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to stand before our face; for thy fathers have been twice put to flight in their own land.
2 Maccabees 7:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But one of them that spoke first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.
3 Maccabees 1:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Philopator, on learning from those who came back that Antiochus had made himself master of the places which belonged to himself, sent orders to all his footmen and horsemen, took with him his sister Arsinoe, and marched out as far as the parts of Raphia, where Antiochus and his forces encamped.
4 Maccabees 1:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is contained in the education of the law; by means of which we learn divine things reverently, and human things profitably.
4 Maccabees 9:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And you think to scare us, by threatening us with death by tortures, as though thou hadst learned nothing by the death of Eleazar.
4 Maccabees 10:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Invent, O tyrant, tortures; that you may learn, even through them, that I am the brother of those tormented before.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; Learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Unto you therefore, O kings, do I speak, That ye may learn wisdom, and not fall away.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
I learned diligently, and do communicate her liberally: I do not hide her riches.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, That it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: But that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
Wisdom of Sirach 8:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Despise not the discourse of the wise, But acquaint thyself with their proverbs: For of them thou shalt learn instruction, And how to serve great men with ease.
Wisdom of Sirach 8:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Miss not the discourse of the elders: For they also learned of their fathers, And of them thou shalt learn understanding, And to give answer as need requireth.
Wisdom of Sirach 16:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, hearken unto me, and learn knowledge, And mark my words with thy heart.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Learn before thou speak, And use physic or ever thou be sick.
Baruch 3:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
1 Enoch 25:1 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost thou ask me regarding the fragrance of the tree,
1 Enoch 99:10 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
But in those days blessed are all they who accept the words of wisdom, and understand them, And observe the paths of the Most High, and walk in the path of His righteousness, And become not godless with the godless; For they shall be saved.
1 Enoch 104:13 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt therefrom all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3129, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
Philippians 2 usages, New Testament
Colossians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 3 usages, New Testament
2 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3129 FAQ

What does manthano (μανθάνω) mean?

Manthano (Strong's G3129) is a Greek word most simply glossed "learn". manthano (man-than'-o) v. 1. to learn (in any way) [prolongation from a primary verb, another form of which, matheo, is used as an alternate in certain tenses]

How many times is manthano (μανθάνω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 75 linked usages for Strong's G3129 across 34 books.

Where can I study manthano (μανθάνω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3129 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate manthano (μανθάνω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as learn, learned, and learning. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3129 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 33 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 15 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3129, with linked reader references where each row is available.