διδάσκαλος

didavskalo" didavskalo",
didaskalou,
oJ (
didavskw), 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: ; .2. of the teachers of the Jewish religion: ; ; hence, the Hebrew br' is rendered in Greek
didavskalo": (39); ; cf. below, under
rJabbiv, 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: . b. of Jesus: (39); ; ; ; f; ; often in the first three Gospels.4. by preeminence used of Jesus by himself, as the one who showed men the way of salvation: L T Tr WH.5. of the apostles:
oJ
didavskalo"
tw'n
ejqnw'n, of Paul, ; .6. of those who in the religious assemblies of Christians undertake the work of teaching, with the special assistance of the Holy Spirit: f; ; , cf. .7. of false teachers among Christians: . (Homer (h. Merc. 556), Aeschylus, others)