noun · masculine
nomodidaskalos
Greekνομοδιδάσκαλος (nomodidaskalos)
Strong’sG3547
a teacher and interpreter of the Mosaic Law
stem nomodidaskal-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† νομο-διδάσκαλος, -ου, ὁ,
SYN.: γραμματεύς, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3547 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nomodidaskalos1×νομοδιδάσκαλος | nomodidaskalois2×νομοδιδάσκαλοι |
| object accusative | nomodidaskalon | nomodidaskaloin |
| direct address vocative | nomodidaskalor | nomodidaskaloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | nomodidaskalou | nomodidaskaloiu |
| to, for dative | nomodidaskalo | nomodidaskaloi |
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
nomodidaskalo 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
nomodidaskalos“teacher of the law”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 5:34“teacher of the law”anistanaratos de tinos en te sunedrie Farisaios onome Gamaliēl, nomodidaskalos timios panto to lao, keleuata exō brachuem toin anthrōpoin poiara,But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
nomodidaskalois“teachers of the law”subjectnominative plural2×
Luke 5:17“teachers of the law”Kai gineta en hena taiu hēmeraiu kai autos ate didaskarōtos, kai ale katherōtois Farisaiois kai nomodidaskalois hois ale ercharētois ek pantau kōmau tau Galilaiau kai Ioudaiau kai Ierousalēm; kai dunamias kuriou ate eis tem ierō auton.One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
1 Timothy 1:7“teachers of the law”thelarōtois arō nomodidaskalois, mē noarōtois mēte heim legalō mēte peri tineiu diabebaielō.They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.