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In the context of the Bible, the concept of being "trained" often refers to the process of instruction, discipline, and preparation for a specific purpose or calling. This training can be spiritual, moral, or practical, and is seen as essential for living a life that is pleasing to God and effective in His service.

Old Testament Context

The idea of training is evident in the Old Testament, where it is often associated with the upbringing and instruction of children. Proverbs 22:6 states, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." This verse underscores the importance of early education and moral guidance, suggesting that a solid foundation in God's ways will have lasting effects throughout a person's life.

Training is also seen in the preparation of individuals for specific roles. For example, the Levites were trained for their duties in the Tabernacle and later the Temple, as outlined in the books of Exodus and Leviticus. This training was both practical, involving the performance of rituals and sacrifices, and spiritual, requiring a deep understanding of God's laws and commands.

New Testament Context

In the New Testament, the concept of training is expanded to include spiritual discipline and growth. The Apostle Paul frequently uses athletic metaphors to describe the Christian life, emphasizing the need for rigorous training and self-discipline. In 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 , Paul writes, "Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified."

Paul's letters to Timothy also highlight the importance of training in godliness. In 1 Timothy 4:7-8 , he advises, "Train yourself for godliness. For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come." Here, training is not merely about physical or intellectual preparation but involves cultivating a life that reflects the character and values of Christ.

Discipleship and Training

The concept of training is integral to the process of discipleship. Jesus Himself trained His disciples through teaching, example, and sending them out to minister. In Matthew 28:19-20 , known as the Great Commission, Jesus commands His followers to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you." This directive implies a continuous process of training and instruction, ensuring that new believers are equipped to live out their faith and share it with others.

Spiritual Gifts and Training

Training is also relevant in the context of spiritual gifts. Believers are encouraged to develop and use their gifts for the edification of the church. In Ephesians 4:11-12 , Paul explains that Christ "gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ." This equipping involves training believers to effectively use their gifts in service to God and others.

Conclusion

The biblical concept of being "trained" encompasses a holistic approach to preparation, involving the mind, body, and spirit. It is a lifelong process that begins in childhood and continues throughout a believer's life, aimed at fostering a deep relationship with God and equipping individuals for His service.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Train.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

TRAIN; TRAINED

tran, trand: The word is used in two places in both the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American), namely, Genesis 14:14, where it means "drilled," "prepared for war," and Proverbs 22:6. "Train up a child" means more than to teach, and includes everything that pertains to the proper development of the child, especially in its moral and spiritual nature. In this broader sense also the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "train" for the "teach" of the King James Version in Titus 2:4 (sophronizo).

Greek

3100. matheteuo -- to be a disciple, to make a disciple
... o) Short Definition: I make disciples, make into disciples Definition: I make a
disciple of, train in discipleship; pass: I am trained, discipled, instructed. ...
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2675. katartizo -- to complete, prepare
... Word Origin from kata and artizo (to get ready, prepare) Definition to complete,
prepare NASB Word Usage complete (1), equip (1), fully trained (1), made ...
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1128. gumnazo -- to exercise naked, to train
... gymnasium"). Word Origin from gumnos Definition to exercise naked, to train
NASB Word Usage discipline (1), trained (3). exercise, train. ...
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1253. diakrisis -- the act of judgment
... Heb 5:14: "But solid food relates to mature people (5046 ), of those having the
sense-faculties trained ('exercised,' Gk perfect tense) on account of the ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2593. chanik -- trained, tried, experienced
... 2592, 2593. chanik. 2594 . trained, tried, experienced. Transliteration: chanik
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-neek') Short Definition: men. ... trained. ...
/hebrew/2593.htm - 6k

3256. yasar -- to discipline, chasten, admonish
... 1), disciplines (1), disciplining (1), gave instruction (1), instructed (2), instructs
(2), punish (2), take warning (1), taught (1), trained (1), turned (1 ...
/hebrew/3256.htm - 6k

3925. lamad -- to exercise in, learn
... 5), really learn (1), skillful (1), taught (15), teach (30), teachers (1), teaches
(3), teaching (1), teaching and again (1), train (1), trained (2), trains (3 ...
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6635. tsaba -- army, war, warfare
... 1), conflict (1), forced to labor (1), hardship (1), host (30), hosts (292), hosts
is the army (1), most (1), service (10), struggle (1), trained (1), war (35 ...
/hebrew/6635.htm - 6k

Library

A Trained Ear.
... The Listening Side of Prayer A Trained Ear. ... Where the faculties are normal the
tongue is trained only through the ear. This is nature's method. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/a trained ear.htm

A Sight of the Crowned Christ
... He has wooed and then wooed more, and a bit longer, gently, persistently, up and
away and apart until at last the man's eyes were trained away from the lower ...
/.../quiet talks on the crowned christ of revelation/iii a sight of the crowned.htm

The Instructor Characterized by the Severity and Benignity of ...
... The view I take is, that He Himself formed man of the dust, and regenerated him
by water; and made him grow by his Spirit; and trained him by His word to ...
/.../the instructor paedagogus/chapter xii the instructor characterized by.htm

On the Education of Children
... 1. We must not imagine that these words are to be understood in an absolute sense,
as if no child that had been trained up in the way wherein he should go had ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 95 on the education.htm

A Casket of Jewels
... The Teaching Staff consists entirely of women, all of whom have been trained here,
and we shall perhaps get our best view of them at the Teachers' Meeting held ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xxiii a casket of.htm

A Talk to Preachers
... The minister as an interpreter of the highest spiritual truth should bring to his
work a thoroughly trained emotional nature and a cultivated speaking voice. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/talks on talking/a talk to preachers.htm

The Brethren at Home.
... It is not our custom to appoint ministers who have been trained at advanced schools
in languages and fine arts. ... He trained theological students. ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter vii the brethren at.htm

He Has Endeavoured, Indeed, to Brand us with the Stain of this ...
... If then I have been trained to this practice, and this evil tree has indeed its
roots within me, it is impossible but that corresponding fruits should have ...
/.../3 he has endeavoured indeed.htm

Orphanages.
... In our own country, with all its advantages, we have numerous orphanages, where
many are sheltered and trained for useful life, who would otherwise be thrown ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xiii orphanages.htm

Who are These Men who are Wont to Dispute at Such Great Length in ...
... If indeed Origen had written six thousand books, it is possible that a man of great
learning, who had been trained from his infancy in sacred literature might ...
/.../22 who are these men.htm

Thesaurus

Trained (37 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Train. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
TRAIN; TRAINED. ... Multi-Version Concordance Trained (37 Occurrences). ...
/t/trained.htm - 19k

Well-trained (1 Occurrence)
Well-trained. Well-to-do, Well-trained. Well-tried . Multi-Version
Concordance Well-trained (1 Occurrence). 2 Chronicles ...
/w/well-trained.htm - 6k

Expert (59 Occurrences)
... the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the
maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they ...
/e/expert.htm - 25k

Train (17 Occurrences)
... is that of God's robe (the Revised Version margin "skirts"). TRAIN; TRAINED.
tran, trand: The word is used in two places in both ...
/t/train.htm - 14k

Young (3454 Occurrences)
... Abraham's "young men" (ne`arim) were "trained servants," "trained men," warriors
(Genesis 14:24; compare 14:14 the Revised Version (British and American)). ...
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Needlework (23 Occurrences)
... the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the
maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they ...
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Good-looking (7 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Daniel 1:4 Young men who were strong and healthy, good-looking, and trained
in all wisdom, having a good education and much knowledge, and able to take ...
/g/good-looking.htm - 8k

Gourd (4 Occurrences)
... in great abundance on the alluvial banks of the Tigris and on the plain between
the river and the ruins of Nineveh." At the present day it is trained to run ...
/g/gourd.htm - 12k

Women (328 Occurrences)
... Abraham's "young men" (ne`arim) were "trained servants," "trained men," warriors
(Genesis 14:24; compare 14:14 the Revised Version (British and American)). ...
/w/women.htm - 39k

Eunice (1 Occurrence)
... Happily conquering, the mother of Timothy, a believing Jewess, but married to a
Greek (Acts 16:1). She trained her son from his childhood in the knowledge of ...
/e/eunice.htm - 10k

Resources

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Trained (37 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:52
"Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."
(WEY RSV)

Luke 6:40
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Acts 7:22
And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.
(BBE)

Acts 18:25
This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:
(BBE)

Acts 22:3
"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God.
(WEY BBE NIV)

1 Timothy 4:6
If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
(BBE)

2 Timothy 3:17
So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.
(BBE)

Hebrews 5:14
Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.
(WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;
(WEB WEY NAS RSV)

Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:33
Trained in the cutting of stones and the ornamenting of wood and in every sort of handwork.
(BBE)

Exodus 35:35
To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.
(BBE)

Exodus 38:23
And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 8:5
Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 17:19
And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 31:13
And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 12:8
Of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains;
(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS)

1 Chronicles 25:7
And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 2:7
Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave all manner of engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 17:18
And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 25:5
Then Amaziah got all Judah together and put them in order by their families, even all Judah and Benjamin, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds: and he had those of twenty years old and over numbered, and they came to three hundred thousand of the best fighting-men, trained for war and in the use of the spear and the body-cover.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 26:13
And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
(See JPS BBE NIV)

Proverbs 1:3
To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour:
(BBE)

Proverbs 22:6
If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
(BBE)

Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.
(BBE)

Song of Songs 3:8
All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 9:5
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 11:19
And I 'am' as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 13:21
What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
(See JPS DBY)

Jeremiah 13:23
Is it possible for the skin of the Ethiopian to be changed, or the markings on the leopard? Then it might be possible for you to do good, who have been trained to do evil.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: 'Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf untrained; turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for Thou art the LORD my God.
(Root in JPS DBY NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 21:31
And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.
(BBE)

Daniel 1:4
Young men who were strong and healthy, good-looking, and trained in all wisdom, having a good education and much knowledge, and able to take positions in the king's house; and to have them trained in the writing and language of the Chaldaeans.
(BBE)

Daniel 1:5
The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand before the king.
(See NIV)

Hosea 7:15
Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.
(See JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 10:11
Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.
(WEB BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

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