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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

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Strong's Number G1320 matches the Greek διδάσκαλος (didaskalos),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the LXX Greek.

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