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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 11 times in 11 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:19 - Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:11 - When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:24 - “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:25 - It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:38 - Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:24 - After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:16 - Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:16 - They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:24 - “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:36 - “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:18 - He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ ”
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