◄ 3547. nomodidaskalos ►
Strong's Concordance 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."] Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 Exhaustive Concordance 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 Forms and Transliterations νομοδιδασκαλοι νομοδιδάσκαλοι νομοδιδασκαλος νομοδιδάσκαλος nomodidaskaloi nomodidáskaloi nomodidaskalos nomodidáskalos Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 3547 3 Occurrences νομοδιδάσκαλοι — 2 Occ. νομοδιδάσκαλος — 1 Occ. Luke 5:17 N-NMP GRK: Φαρισαῖοι καὶ νομοδιδάσκαλοι οἳ ἦσαν NAS: and there were [some] Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting KJV: and doctors of the law sitting by, INT: Pharisees and teachers of the law who were Acts 5:34 N-NMS GRK: ὀνόματι Γαμαλιήλ νομοδιδάσκαλος τίμιος παντὶ NAS: Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected KJV: Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation INT: by name Gamaliel a teacher of the law honored by all 1 Timothy 1:7 N-NMP GRK: θέλοντες εἶναι νομοδιδάσκαλοι μὴ νοοῦντες NAS: wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand KJV: to be teachers of the law; INT: wishing to be law-teachers not understanding 3 Occurrences