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noun · masculine

didaskalos

Greekδιδάσκαλος (didaskalos)

Strong’sG1320

a teacher

stem didaskal-59 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

teacher51×teachers

What it means

* διδάσκαλος, -ου, ὁ

(< διδάσκω), [in LXX: Es 6:1, II Mac 1:10 *;]

given as rendering of Heb. רַבּוֺן, רַבִּי (NT, Ῥαββεί, Ῥαββουνεί q.v.);
a teacher: Jo 1:39 20:16; of Jewish teachers, Lk 2:46, Jo 3:10, cf. Ro 2:20, 21; of John Baptist, Lk 3:12; of Jesus, Jo 3:2, 10 8:[4] 11:28 13:13, 14, and often in Syn., most freq. in voc., as title of address, as Mt 8:19, Mk 4:38; of Jesus by himself, Mt 23:8; of an apostle, I Ti 2:7, II Ti 1:11; of Christians, I Co 12:28, 29, Eph 4:11, Ac 13:1, Ja 3:1; of false teachers, II Ti 4:3 (Cremer, 181; DB, i, 609, iii, 294, iv, 691)

SYN.: παιδευτής, q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1320 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddid-as'-kal-os

an instructor (genitive case or specially)

Fromfrom G1321;

King Jamesdoctor, master, teacher.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativedidaskalos15×διδάσκαλοςdidaskaloisδιδάσκαλοι
object accusativedidaskalonδιδάσκαλονdidaskaloinδιδασκάλους
direct address vocativedidaskalor31×Διδάσκαλεdidaskaloir
of, belonging to genitivedidaskaloudidaskaloiuδιδασκάλων
to, for dativedidaskalodidaskaloi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
didaskalstem+ogender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

didaskalo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

59 occurrences, every one of them listed

didaskalos“teacher”subjectnominative singular15×

Matthew 9:11“teacher”kai horaratois tois Farisaiois legale toi mathētoi autou; Dia tinem meta toiu telōnoiu kai hamartōloiu esthiatō tos didaskalos vu?When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Matthew 10:25“teacher”arketem to mathēto hina gineteia hōs tos didaskalos autou, kai tos doulos hōs tos kurios autou. ei ton oikodespoton Beelzeboul epikalala, pose mallon toin oikiakoin autou.It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

Matthew 17:24“teacher”Ercharatoiu de autoiu eis Kafarnaoum proserchala tois teim didrachmeim lambarōtois to Petro kai legala; Tos didaskalos vu ouk telatō teim didrachmeim?After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”

Matthew 23:8“teacher”vis de mē kaliveia; Rabbi, henos gar atō vu tos didaskalos, pantois de vis adelfois avō;But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Matthew 26:18“teacher”tos de legata; Hupagavōr eis tan politan pros ton deinon kai legavar auto; Tos didaskalos legatō; Tos kairos mu engus atō; pros sin poiamō tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu.He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”

Mark 14:14“teacher”kai hopou ean eiserchateia legavar to oikodespoto hoti Tos didaskalos legatō; Pou atō tem katalumem mu hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

Luke 6:40“teacher”ouk atō mathētos huper ton didaskalon, katartizirētos de pantos eti hōs tos didaskalos autou.A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Luke 22:11“teacher”kai legavi to oikodespoto tau oikiau; Legatō si tos didaskalos; Pou atō tem katalumem hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

John 3:2“teacher”houtos erchata pros auton nuxau kai legata auto; Rabbi, oidanē hoti apo theou erchasē didaskalos; oudenos gar dunetō houteim teim sēmeim poiarō heim sis poiasō, ean mē ateiō tos theos meta autou.He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

John 3:10“teacher”apokrinita Iēsus kai legata auto; Sis asō tos didaskalos tou Israēl kai houteim ouk gnōskasō?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

John 11:28“teacher”Kai houtem legaratas aperchata kai fōnata Mariam tan adelfan autau lathra legaratas; Tos didaskalos pareiatō kai fōnatō sin.After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

John 13:13“teacher”vis fōnavō min Tos didaskalos kai Tos kurios, kai kalōs legavō, amō gar.You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.

John 13:14“teacher”ei oun mis niptama vu toin podoin tos kurios kai tos didaskalos, kai vis ofeilavō allēloiu niptarō toin podoin;So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

1 Timothy 2:7“teacher”eis hem tithima mis kēruxos kai apostolos alētheian legamō, ouk pseudemō didaskalos ethneiu en pistia kai alētheia.For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

2 Timothy 1:11“teacher”eis hem tithima mis kēruxos kai apostolos kai didaskalos.to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.

didaskalon“teacher”objectaccusative singular

Matthew 10:24“teacher”Ouk atō mathētos huper ton didaskalon oude doulos huper ton kurion autou.A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

Mark 5:35“teacher”Ēti autou lalarōtou erchelō apo tou archisunagōgou legarōtois hoti Tas thugatēras su apothnēskata; tinem ēti skullasō ton didaskalon?While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”

Luke 6:40“teacher”ouk atō mathētos huper ton didaskalon, katartizirētos de pantos eti hōs tos didaskalos autou.A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

Luke 8:49“teacher”Ēti autou lalarōtou erchetō tinos para tou archisunagōgou legarōtos hoti Thnēskatē tas thugatēras su, mēketi skullasōr ton didaskalon.While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”

Romans 2:20“teacher”paideuton afrōnoiu, didaskalon nēpioiu, echarōton tan morfōsian tau gnōsiau kai tau alētheiau en to nomoan instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth —

didaskalor“teacher”direct addressvocative singular31×

Matthew 8:19“teacher”kai prosercharatos henos grammatevos legata auto; Didaskalor, akolouthami si hopou ean apercheseiō.And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

Matthew 12:38“teacher”Tote apokrinila auto tinois toiu grammatevoiu kai Farisaioiu legarōtois; Didaskalor, thelanō apo su sēmem horara.Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”

Matthew 19:16“teacher”Kai idou henos prosercharatos auto legata; Didaskalor, tinem agathem poiameia hina echameia zōan aiōnian?Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

Matthew 22:16“teacher”kai apostelalō auto toin mathētoin autoiu meta toiu Hērōdianoiu legarōtois; Didaskalor, oidanē hoti alēthos asō kai tan hodan tou theou en alētheia didaskasō, kai ouk meleiatō si peri oudenou, ouk gar blepasō eis prosōpem anthrōpoiu;They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

Matthew 22:24“teacher”legarōtois; Didaskalor, Mōusos legata; Ean tinos apothnēskateia mē echarōtos tekneim, epigambreuati tos adelfos autou tan gunaikan autou kai anistanati spermem to adelfo autou.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

Matthew 22:36“teacher”Didaskalor, poias entolas megas en to nomo?“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

Mark 4:38“teacher”kai autos ate en ta prumna epi tem proskefalaiem katheudarōtos; kai egeiralō auton kai legalō auto; Didaskalor, ouk meleiatō si hoti apolluenō?But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

Mark 9:17“teacher”kai apokrinita auto henos ek tou ochlou; Didaskalor, ferama ton huion mu pros sin, echarōton pneumem alalem;Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute.

Mark 9:38“teacher”Fēate auto tos Iōannos; Didaskalor, horana tinon en te onome su ekballarōton daimoneim, kai kōluane auton, hoti ouk akolouthate ni.John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

Mark 10:17“teacher”Kai ekporeuerōtou autou eis hodan prostrecharatos henos kai gonupetaratos auton eperōtate auton; Didaskalor agathor, tinem poiameia hina zōan aiōnian klēronomameia?As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Mark 10:20“teacher”tos de fēate auto; Didaskalor, houteim panteim fulassema ek neotau mu.“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

Mark 10:35“teacher”Kai prosporeuelō auto Iakōbos kai Iōannos tois huiois Zebedaiou legarōtois auto; Didaskalor, thelanō hina hem ean aitaneia sin poiaseia ni.Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”

Mark 12:14“teacher”kai ercharatois legalō auto; Didaskalor, oidanē hoti alēthos asō kai ouk meleiatō si peri oudenou, ouk gar blepasō eis prosōpem anthrōpoiu, alla epi alētheiau tan hodan tou theou didaskasō; exestinatō dōara kēnson Kaisaro ē ou? dōaneia ē mē dōaneia?“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

Mark 12:19“teacher”Didaskalor, Mōusos grafata ni hoti ean tinou adelfos apothnēskateia kai kataleipateia gunaikan kai mē afiēkateia teknem, hina lambateia tos adelfos autou tan gunaikan kai exanistanateia spermem to adelfo autou.“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

Mark 12:32“teacher”kai legata auto tos grammatevos; Kalōs, didaskalor, epi alētheiau legasa hoti henos atō kai ouk atō allos plēn autou;“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,

Mark 13:1“teacher”Kai ekporeuerōtou autou ek teu hiereu legatō auto henos toiu mathētoiu autou; Didaskalor, ide potapois lithois kai potapais oikodomais.As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”

Luke 3:12“teacher”erchala de kai telōnois baptizira kai legala pros auton; Didaskalor, tinem poianeia?Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

Luke 7:40“teacher”kai apokriniratos tos Iēsus legata pros auton; Simōnor, echamō si tinem legara. tos de; Didaskalor, legasar, fēatō.But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.

Luke 9:38“teacher”kai idou anēros apo tou ochlou boata legarōtos; Didaskalor, demō su epiblepara epi ton huion mu, hoti monogenos mi atō,Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.

Luke 10:25“teacher”Kai idou nomikos tinos anistanata ekpeirazarōtos auton legarōtos; Didaskalor, tinem poiaratos zōan aiōnian klēronomami?One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 11:45“teacher”Apokriniratos de tinos toiu nomikoiu legatō auto; Didaskalor, houteim legarōtos kai nin hubrizasō.One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

Luke 12:13“teacher”Legata de tinos ek tou ochlou auto; Didaskalor, legasar to adelfo mu merizera meta mu tan klēronomian.Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Luke 18:18“teacher”Kai eperōtata tinos auton archōnos legarōtos; Didaskalor agathor, tinem poiaratos zōan aiōnian klēronomami?Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 19:39“teacher”kai tinois toiu Farisaioiu apo tou ochlou legala pros auton; Didaskalor, epitimasar toi mathētoi su.But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”

Luke 20:21“teacher”kai eperōtala auton legarōtois; Didaskalor, oidanē hoti orthōs legasō kai didaskasō kai ouk lambasō prosōpem, alla epi alētheiau tan hodan tou theou didaskasō;“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

Luke 20:28“teacher”legarōtois; Didaskalor, Mōusos grafata ni, ean tinou adelfos apothnēskateia echarōtos gunaikan, kai houtos ateknos ateiō, hina lambateia tos adelfos autou tan gunaikan kai exanistanateia spermem to adelfo autou.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

Luke 20:39“teacher”apokriniratois de tinois toiu grammatevoiu legala; Didaskalor, kalōs legasa;Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

Luke 21:7“teacher”Eperōtala de auton legarōtois; Didaskalor, pote oun houteim eti, kai tinem tem sēmem hotan mellateiō houteim ginerō?“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

John 1:38“teacher”strefiratos de tos Iēsus kai theaseratos autoin akoloutharōtoin legatō autoi; Tinem zētavō? tois de legala auto; Rabbi hem legitō methermēneuirōtem Didaskalor, pou menasō?Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

John 8:4“teacher”legalō auto, peirazarōtois Didaskalor, houtas tas gunaikas katalambita epi autofōro moicheuirōtasand said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

John 20:16“teacher”legatō auta Iēsus; Mariam. strefiratas ekeinas legatō auto Hebraisti; Rabbouni hem legitō Didaskalor.Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” ( which means “Teacher” ).

didaskalois“teachers”subjectnominative plural

Acts 13:1“teachers”Ale de en Antiocheia kata tan arōtan ekklēsan profētois kai didaskalois tos tē Barnabaos kai Sumeōn tos kalirōtos Nigeros, kai Loukios tos Kurēnaios, Manaēn tē Hērōdou tou tetraarchou suntrofos kai Saulos.Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen ( who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch ), and Saul.

1 Corinthians 12:29“teachers”mē pantois apostolois? mē pantois profētois? mē pantois didaskalois? mē pantois dunamiais?Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Hebrews 5:12“teachers”kai gar ofeilarōtois arō didaskalois dia ton chronon, palin chreian echavō teu didaskarō vin tinon teim stoicheieim tau archau teiu logieiu tou theou, kai ginavē chreian echarōtois galeu, ouk stereau trofēau.Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

James 3:1“teachers”Mē pollois didaskalois ginevōr, adelfoir mu, oidarētois hoti megoterem krimem lambeni;Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

didaskaloin“teachers”objectaccusative plural

1 Corinthians 12:28“teachers”kai hoin men titheta tos theos en ta ekklēsa prōtem apostoloin, deuterem profētoin, tritem didaskaloin, epeita dunamiain, epeita charismeim iameiu, antilēmpsiain, kubernēsiain, geneim glōssaiu.And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

Ephesians 4:11“teachers”kai autos dōata toin men apostoloin, toin de profētoin, toin de euangelistoin, toin de poimēnoin kai didaskaloin,And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

2 Timothy 4:3“teachers”eti gar kairos hote tau hugiainarōtau didaskaliau ouk anecheli, alla kata tain idiain epithumiain heautoi episōreuali didaskaloin knēthirōtois tan akoan,For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

didaskaloiu“teachers”of, belonging togenitive plural

Luke 2:46“teachers”kai gineta meta hēmerain treis heuriskala auton en te hiere kathezerōton en mese toiu didaskaloiu kai akouarōton autoiu kai eperōtarōton autoin;Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.