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Lexicon :: Strong's G1320 - didaskalos

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διδάσκαλος
Transliteration
didaskalos (Key)
Pronunciation
did-as'-kal-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:148,161

Strong’s Definitions

διδάσκαλος didáskalos, did-as'-kal-os; from G1321; an instructor (genitive case or specially):—doctor, master, teacher.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's G1320 in the following manner: Master (Jesus) (40x), teacher (10x), master (7x), doctor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's G1320 in the following manner: Master (Jesus) (40x), teacher (10x), master (7x), doctor (1x).

  1. a teacher

  2. in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man

    1. one who is fitted to teach, or thinks himself so

    2. the teachers of the Jewish religion

    3. of those who by their great power as teachers draw crowds around them i.e. John the Baptist, Jesus

    4. by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as one who showed men the way of salvation

    5. of the apostles, and of Paul

    6. of those who in the religious assemblies of the Christians, undertook the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit

    7. of false teachers among Christians

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διδάσκαλος didáskalos, did-as'-kal-os; from G1321; an instructor (genitive case or specially):—doctor, master, teacher.
STRONGS G1320:
διδάσκαλος, -ου, 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 (John 1:39); John 20:16; 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 (John 1:39); John 3:2; 8:4; 11:28; 13:13f; 20:16; 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]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:8
Luke
2:46; 3:12
John
1:38; 1:38; 1:39; 1:39; 3:2; 3:10; 8:4; 11:28; 13:13; 20:16; 20:16
Acts
13:1
Romans
2:20
1 Corinthians
12:28
Ephesians
4:11
1 Timothy
2:7
2 Timothy
1:11; 4:3
Hebrews
5:12
James
3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1320 matches the Greek διδάσκαλος (didaskalos),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in 'Mar' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:38 - Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:35 - While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:17 - A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:38 - “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:17 - As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:20 - “Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:35 - Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:14 - They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[fn] to Caesar or not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:19 - “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:32 - “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:1 - As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’
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