Strong's Greek: 3547. νομοδιδάσκαλος (nomodidaskalos) -- a teacher of the law

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nomodidaskalos: a teacher of the law

Original Word: νομοδιδάσκαλος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: nomodidaskalos
Phonetic Spelling: (nom-od-id-as'-kal-os)
Short Definition: a teacher and interpreter of the Mosaic Law
Definition: a teacher and interpreter of the Mosaic Law.

HELPS word-Studies

3547 nomodidáskalos (from 3551 /nómos, "law" and 1320 /didáskalos, "teacher") – properly "a teacher of law," referring to an expert in the Mosiac Law. This person was so highly learned (scholarly) in the Hebrew Scriptures (OT), they had the status of "teaching-jurist" – i.e. a premier "teacher of the Law" who gave "expert theological opinion" on issues in Jewish life and religion.

3547 /nomodidáskalos ("Scripture-lawyer") does not occur in ancient secular Greek (BAGD, Kittel), but is used three times in the NT (Lk 5:17; Ac 5:34; 1 Tim 1:7). It suggests a highly accomplished teacher of God's law, i.e. someone erudite in interpreting the Bible.

[3547 (nomodidáskalos) implies someone with even higher authority than 3544 (nomikós) – i.e. teaching other "Scripture-lawyers."]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from nomos and didaskalos
Definition
a teacher of the law
NASB Translation
teacher of the Law (1), teachers of the Law (2).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 3547: νομοδιδάσκαλος

νομοδιδάσκαλος, νομοδιδασκαλου, ὁ (νόμος and διδάσκαλος, cf. ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος, ἱεροδιδασκαλος, χοροδιδάσκαλος), a teacher and interpreter of the law: among the Jews (cf. γραμματεύς, 2), Luke 5:17; Acts 5:34; of those who among Christians also went about as champions and interpreters of the Mosaic law, 1 Timothy 1:7. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings.)

Strong's

teacher of the law.

From nomos and didaskalos; an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. A Rabbi -- doctor (teacher) of the law.

see GREEK nomos

see GREEK didaskalos