◄ 1320. didaskalos ►
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1320: διδάσκαλος διδάσκαλος, 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) Forms and Transliterations Διδασκαλε Διδάσκαλε διδασκαλοι διδάσκαλοι διδασκαλον διδάσκαλον διδασκαλος διδάσκαλος διδασκαλους διδασκάλους διδασκαλων διδασκάλων Didaskale Didáskale didaskaloi didáskaloi didaskalon didaskalōn didaskálon didaskálōn didáskalon didaskalos didáskalos didaskalous didaskálous Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts