Word

διδάσκαλος

didáskalos · G1320 · Greek · 59 occurrences

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Meanings

teacher, instructor

(Derivative of διδάσκω ‘to teach,’) One who provides instruction

Examples
Matthew 8:19 Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
Matthew 9:11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 10:24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

8 occurrences in 5 groups

σύyou 3
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 1
ἸσραήλIsrael 1
νήπιοςsmall child 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀγαθόςgood 2

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 8 groups

ἐγώI, we 1
κῆρυξpreacher 1
Λούκιοςilluminative 1
ΜαναήνManaën 1
ΣαῦλοςSaul 1
ΣυμεώνSymeon 1

What it doesIt is the subject

6 occurrences in 4 groups

λέγωto say 3
ἐσθίωto eat 1
πάρειμιto be present 1
τελέωto finish, to complete 1

What is done to itIt is the object

12 occurrences in 6 groups

λέγωto say 7
σκύλλωto trouble 2
ἐπερωτάωto ask 1
ἐπισωρεύωto greatly increase 1
ἔρχομαιto come 1
φημίto say 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἷςone 1
ἈντιόχειαAntioch 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

7 occurrences in 6 groups

μαθητήςdisciple 2
ἐγώI, we 1
καταρτίζωto make adequate 1
πᾶςall, every, each 1
πολύςmany 1
σύyou 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ὑπέρfor 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μέσοςin the midst, among 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Teacher, instructor33.243: Used of a recognized authority in religious instruction, as of the scribe who addresses Jesus as Teacher in Matthew 8:19, the Pharisees' question about Jesus as their Teacher eating with tax collectors in Matthew 9:11, and the saying that a disciple is not above his teacher in Matthew 10:24-25.

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

διδάσκω didáskō · G1321 · to teach, teaching · 97×διδάσκαλοςdidáskalos · G1320διδαχή didachḗ · G1322 · to teach, teaching, what is taught · 30×διδασκαλία didaskalía · G1319 · to teach, teaching, what is taught · 21×διδακτός didaktós · G1318 · taught, instructed · 3×διδακτικός didaktikós · G1317 · able to teach, can teach · 2×

Also from the root διδάσκω

νομοδιδάσκαλος nomodidáskalos · G3547 · teacher of the Law, expert in the Law · 3×ἑτεροδιδασκαλέω heterodidaskaléō · G2085 · to teach a different doctrine, to teach something different · 2×καλοδιδάσκαλος kalodidáskalos · G2567 · teacher of what is good, teacher of what is right · 1×ψευδοδιδάσκαλος pseudodidáskalos · G5572 · false teacher, teacher of what is a lie · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon διδασκαλου, ὁ (διδάσκω), a teacher; in the N. T. one who teaches concerning the things of…

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: Heb 5:12; Rom 2:20.
2. of the teachers of the Jewish religion: Lk 2:46; Jn 3:10; hence, the Hebrew רַב is rendered in Greek διδάσκαλος: Jn 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: Lk 3:12.
b. of Jesus: Jn 1:38 (); Jn 3:2; Jn 8:4; Jn 11:28; Jn 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: Mt 23:8 L T Tr WH.
5. of the apostles: ὁ διδάσκαλος τῶν ἐθνῶν, of Paul, 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 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 Cor 12:28; Eph 4:11; Acts 13:1, cf. Jas 3:1.
7. of false teachers among Christians: 2 Tim 4:3. (Homer (h. Merc. 556), Aeschylus, others)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Teach59 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0