διδάσκαλος

διδάσκαλος — didáskalos

διδάσκαλος, 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: Luk 2:46; Joh 3:10; hence, the Hebrew רַב is rendered in Greek διδάσκαλος: Joh 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: Luk 3:12.

b. of Jesus: Joh 1:38;; often in the first three Gospels.

4. by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as the one who showed men the way of salvation: Mat 23:8 L T Tr WH.

5. of the apostles: ὁ διδάσκαλος τῶν ἐθνῶν, of Paul, 1Ti 2:7; 2Ti 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: 1Co 12:28; Eph 4:11; Act 13:1, cf. Jas 3:1.

7. of false teachers among Christians: 2Ti 4:3. (Homer (h. Merc. 556), Aeschylus, others)