Lexicon didaskalos: an instructor Original Word: διδάσκαλος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: didaskalos Phonetic Spelling: (did-as'-kal-os) Short Definition: a teacher Definition: a teacher, master. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1320 didáskalos (a masculine noun derived from 1321 /didáskō, "to teach") – a teacher, an instructor acknowledged for their mastery in their field of learning; in Scripture, a Bible teacher, competent in theology. See 1319 (didaskalia). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom didaskóDefinitionan instructor NASB TranslationTeacher (41), teacher (10), teachers (8).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1320: διδάσκαλοςδιδάσκαλος, διδασκαλου, ὁ ( διδάσκω), a teacher; in the N. T. one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man: 1. of one who is fitted to teach, or thinks himself so: Hebrews 5:12; Romans 2:20. 2. of the teachers of the Jewish religion: Luke 2:46; John 3:10; hence, the Hebrew רַב is rendered in Greek διδάσκαλος: John 1:38 (); ; cf. below, under ῤαββί, and Pressel in Herzog xii., p. 471f; (Campbell, Dissert. on the Gospels, diss. vii. part 2). 3. of those who by their great power as teachers drew crowds about them; a. of John the Baptist: Luke 3:12. b. of Jesus: John 1:38 (); ; often in the first three Gospels. 4. by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as the one who showed men the way of salvation: Matthew 23:8 L T Tr WH. 5. of the apostles: ὁ διδάσκαλος τῶν ἐθνῶν, of Paul, 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11. 6. of those who in the religious assemblies of Christians undertake the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit: 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11; Acts 13:1, cf. James 3:1. 7. of false teachers among Christians: 2 Timothy 4:3. (Homer (h. Merc. 556), Aeschylus, others)
Strong's doctor, master, teacher. From didasko; an instructor (genitive case or specially) -- doctor, master, teacher. see GREEK didasko |
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