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Strong's #2519 - καθηγητής
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- a guide
- a master, teacher
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καθηγ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,
1. guide, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.313d.
2. teacher, professor, Phld. Ir. p.43 W., al., D.H. Th. 3, Matthew 23:10, Plu. 2.70e, Philum. Ven. 5.6, OGI 408 (Theb. Aegypt., ii A.D.), POxy. 930.6 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.: — also καθηγ-ητήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, Man. 2.300, Dor. καθᾱγ-, κελεύθου IG 12(1).44 (Rhodes): — fem. καθηγ-ήτειρα Call. Fr. 33P., Orph. H. 76.6.
καθηγητής, καθηγητου, ὁ (καθηγέομαι to go before, lead);
a. properly, a guide: Numen. quoted in Ath. 7, p. 313 d. b. a master, teacher: Matthew 23:8 R G, 10. (Dionysius Halicarnassus jud. de Thucydides 3, 4; several times in Plutarch (cf. Wetstein (1752) on Matthew, the passage cited.))
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* καθηγητής , -οῦ , ὁ
(< καθηγέομαι , to go before, guide),
1. prop., a guide.
2. a master, teacher (MGr. professor): Matthew 23:16.†
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For this word, which in the NT is confined to Matthew 23:10, cf. P Giss I. 80.11 (ii/A.D.) πέμψον τῷ καθηγητῇ τῆς θυ ̣γ ̣[ατρό ]ς μου, ἵνα φιλοπονήσῃ εἰς αὐτήν, ";send to my daughter’s teacher that he may bestir himself about her,"; P Oxy VI. 930.6 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐλοιπήθην ἐπιγνοῦσα παρὰ τῆς θυγατρὸς τοῦ καθηγητοῦ ἡμῶν, ";I was grieved to learn from our teacher’s daughter."; In the fragmentary P Tebt II. 591 (ii/iii A.D.) the editors suggest that καθηγητής may denote a priestly office. MGr καθηγητής = ";professor.";
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