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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1320 - διδάσκαλος

Transliteration

didáskalos

Phonetics

did-as'-kal-os

Origin

from (G1321)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

2:148,161

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a teacher
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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (57)

Matthew 11

Mark 12

Luke 18

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

BSB (59)

Matthew 12

Mark 12

Luke 17

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

CSB (58)

Matthew 12

Mark 12

Luke 17

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

ESV (55)

Matthew 11

Mark 12

Luke 17

John 7

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

KJV (58)

Matthew 11

Mark 12

Luke 17

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (59)

Matthew 12

Mark 12

Luke 17

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

N95 (59)

Matthew 12

Mark 12

Luke 17

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

NAS (59)

Matthew 12

Mark 12

Luke 17

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

NLT (59)

Matthew 12

Mark 13

Luke 18

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 2

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 4

Hebrews 2

James 2

WEB (58)

Matthew 11

Mark 12

Luke 18

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

YLT (56)

Matthew 12

Mark 11

Luke 16

John 8

Acts 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

Ephesians 1

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 2

Hebrews 1

James 1

ASV (57)

a teacher 4

him, teacher 1

his teacher 1

of the teachers 1

teacher 35

teachers 5

the teacher 7

thou the teacher 1

unto him, teacher 1

unto the master 1

BSB (59)

a teacher 2

teacher 48

teachers 8

you are a teacher 1

CSB (58)

teacher 49

teachers 6

the teacher 2

the teachers 1

ESV (55)

master 8

teacher 40

teachers 7

KJV (58)

doctors 1

master 45

master,) 1

masters 1

teacher 4

teachers 6

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (59)

teacher 51

teachers 8

N95 (59)

teacher 51

teachers 8

NAS (59)

teacher 51

teachers 8

NLT (59)

teach 3

teacher 48

teachers 7

teaching 1

WEB (58)

a teacher 4

his teacher 1

of the teachers 1

teacher 36

teachers 6

the master 1

the teacher 5

YLT (56)

a teacher 2

a teacher of nations 1

director 1

good teacher 1

his teacher 1

ones, a teacher 1

said, 'teacher 1

saying, 'teacher 1

teacher 40

teachers 7

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 15

N-VSM 31

ANT

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 14

N-VSM 31

BEZ

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 15

N-VSM 31

BGB

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 14

N-VSM 31

BMT

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 14

N-VSM 31

BYZ

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 14

N-VSM 31

ELZ

N-APM 3

N-ASM 4

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 15

N-VSM 30

V-PAPNSM 1

NA26

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 15

N-VSM 30

SBL

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 14

N-VSM 31

SCV

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 14

N-VSM 31

STV

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 15

N-VSM 31

TIS

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 14

N-VSM 31

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 15

N-VSM 30

TRG

N-APM 3

N-ASM 5

N-GPM 1

N-NPM 4

N-NSM 15

N-VSM 30

V-PAPNSM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

δῐδάσκᾰλ-ος, ὁ

(but fem., h.Merc. 556, A. Pr. 110, cf. ξυμφορὴ γίνεται δ. Democr. 76; πενία ἐπινοιῶν δ. Secund. Sent. 10),

I teacher, master, μαντείης h.Merc. l.c.; δ. τέχνης πάσης βροτοῖς A. Pr. l.c.; δεινῶν ἔργων Lys. 12.78; πόλεμος βίαιος δ. Th. 3.82; διδάσκαλον λαβεῖν get a master, [ S. ] Fr. 1120.8; εἰς διδασκάλου (sc. οἶκον) φοιτᾶν go to school, Pl. Alc. 1.109d, etc.; διδασκάλων or ἐκ διδασκάλων ἀπαλλαγῆναι leave school, Id. Grg. 514c, Prt. 326c; ἐν διδασκάλων at school, Id. Alc. 1.110b.

II trainer of a dithyrambic or dramatic chorus, producer of a play, etc., ἴτω δὲ καὶ τραγῳδίας ὁ Κλεομάχου δ. Cratin. 256, cf. Ar. Av. 912, Ach. 628, Antipho 6.13, etc.; δ. τοῦ μεγάλου χοροῦ SIG 698.8 (Delph., ii B. C.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* διδάσκαλος , -ου , ὁ

(< διδάσκω ),

[in LXX: Ezra 6:1, 2 Maccabees 1:10*;]

given as rendering of Heb. רַבִּי ,רַבּוֺן (NT, Ῥαββεί , Ῥαββουνεί q.v.);

a teacher: John 1:39; John 20:16; of Jewish teachers, Luke 2:46, John 3:10, cf. Romans 2:20-21; of John Baptist, Luke 3:12; of Jesus, John 3:2; John 3:10; John 8:4; John 11:28; John 13:13-14, and often in Syn., most freq. in voc., as title of address, as Matthew 8:19, Mark 4:38; of Jesus by himself, Matthew 23:8; of an apostle, 1 Timothy 2:7, 2 Timothy 1:11; of Christians, 1 Corinthians 12:28-29, Ephesians 4:11, Acts 13:1, James 3:1; of false teachers, 2 Timothy 4:3 (Cremer, 181; DB, i, 609, iii, 294, iv, 691).

SYN.: παιδευτής G3810, q.v.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

διδάσκαλος occurs ter in the contract of apprenticeship P Oxy IV. 725 (A.D. 183); cf. BGU IV. 1021.12 al. (iii/A.D.). OGIS 149.5 (ii/B.C.) διδάσ [καλος μαθημάτων ] τακτικῶν. For διδασκαλεῖον cf. the dream from the Serapeum P Par 51.9 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 19) ἐξαί [φνης ] ἀνύγω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου, καὶ ὁρῶ [τὰς ] Διδύμας ἐν τῷ διδασκαλήῳ τοῦ Τοθῆ [τος, ";in the school of Tothes,"; and the adj. διδασκαλικός in P Par 63.51 (B.C. 165) (P Petr III. p. 22) τρ ̣όπον τινὰ διδασκα [λι ]κὴ [ν ] ἡμῶν πεποημένων τὴν [ὑ ]φήγησιν, ";we made our explanation such as almost to teach you, like schoolboys"; (Mahaffy) : cf. P Oxy II. 275.34 (A.D. 66) κυρία ἡ διδασκαλική, ";the contract of apprenticeship is valid."; MGr δάσκαλος, ";teacher, schoolmaster,"; with derivative δασκαλεύω ";censure, teach one his lesson,"; keeps the old word without its reduplication.

List of Word Forms

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