Word

νομοδιδάσκαλος

nomodidáskalos · G3547 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

teacher of the Law, expert in the Law

A person who is skilled in the teaching and interpretation of the law (in the NT referring to the law of the OT)

Examples
Luke 5:17 One day He was teaching, and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing.
Acts 5:34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.
1 Timothy 1:7 wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

How it’s used In 3 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τίμιοςvaluable 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰμίto be 1
τὶςsomeone 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰμίto be 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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Near synonyms 2 words

γραμματεύς grammateús · G1122 · one who is learned in the Law, expert in the Law, expert in the Law of Moses: Greek term for a Jewish legal scholar or teacher of the Law; overlaps substantially with νομοδιδάσκαλος in referring to experts in Mosaic legislation, though γραμματεύς is far more common in the NT and may carry broader scribal connotations beyond teaching.
διδάσκαλος didáskalos · G1320 · teacher, instructor: General term for a teacher; νομοδιδάσκαλος is its specialized subset denoting specifically a teacher/expounder of Jewish Law (a rabbi), while διδάσκαλος applies to any instructor and lacks the legal-technical specificity.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Teacher of the Law, expert in the Law33.248: Describing the setting of a healing, Luke 5:17 states “One day He was teaching, and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing,” where “teachers of the Law” renders this term for one who instructs others in the Law.

Word family 22 words

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

νόμος nómos · G3551 · law, ordinance, rule · 194×ἀνομία anomía · G458 · to live lawlessly, lawlessness, lawless living · 15×νομίζω nomízō · G3543 · to suppose, to presume, to assume · 15×ἄνομος ánomos · G459 · lawless, without the Law · 9×νομικός nomikós · G3544 · about the law, about laws, interpreter of the Law · 9×ἔνι éni · G1762 · to be, to exist · 6×νομοδιδάσκαλοςnomodidáskalos · G3547ἀνόμως anómōs · G460 · without the Law · 2×ἔννομος énnomos · G1772 · legal, in accordance with law, subject to law · 2×νομή nomḗ · G3542 · pasture, extension, extend · 2×νομίμως nomímōs · G3545 · correctly, according to the rules · 2×νομοθετέω nomothetéō · G3549 · to enact a law, to give a law · 2×ἀπονέμω aponémō · G632 · to cause, to show, to assign to · 1×διανέμω dianémō · G1268 · to spread (a report), to become known, to spread · 1×ἐνδύνω endýnō · G1744 · to enter in secretly, to slip into · 1×ἐνειλέω eneiléō · G1750 · to wrap, to bandage · 1×ἔνειμι éneimi · G1751 · to be within · 1×νόμισμα nómisma · G3546 · coin · 1×νομοθεσία nomothesía · G3548 · to enact a law, to give a law · 1×νομοθέτης nomothétēs · G3550 · lawgiver · 1×παρανομέω paranoméō · G3891 · to disobey, to break the law, to transgress · 1×παρανομία paranomía · G3892 · lawless act, evil doing · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νομοδιδασκαλου, ὁ (νόμος and διδάσκαλος, cf. ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος, ἱεροδιδασκαλος,…

νομοδιδασκαλου, ὁ (νόμος and διδάσκαλος, cf. ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος, ἱεροδιδασκαλος, χοροδιδάσκαλος), a teacher and interpreter of the law: among the Jews (cf. γραμματεύς, 2), Lk 5:17; Acts 5:34; of those who among Christians also went about as champions and interpreters of the Mosaic law, 1 Tim 1:7. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Teach3 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