Greek noun (masculine) · G1320
διδάσκαλος
didaskalosdid-as'-kal-os
teacher
58 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: didáskalos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1320is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1320
an instructor (genitive case or specially)
The King James renders it: doctor, master, teacher.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
didaskalos is rendered "teacher". It stands 58 times in the Greek text, across twelve books.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:19And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
Matthew 8:19διδάσκαλε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seventeen of the word's fifty-eight uses are in Luke.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Teacher45
- teachers8
- a teacher4
- Teacher —1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διδάσκω | didasko | to teach | Uses96 |
| διδαχή | didache | teaching | Uses30 |
| διδασκαλία | didaskalia | teaching | Uses21 |
| διδακτός | didaktos | taught | Uses3 |
| διδακτικός | didaktikos | able to teach | Uses2 |
The words it stands beside
All 58, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διδάσκαλε30
- διδάσκαλος15
- διδάσκαλοι4
- διδάσκαλον4
- διδασκάλους3
- διδάσκαλον;¶1
- διδασκάλων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular30N-VSM-T
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular9N-NSM-T
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular6N-NSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4N-NPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular3N-ASM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM-T
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
Matthew
twelve uses
And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
- διδάσκαλονdidaskalonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: teacher
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!
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: teacher
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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?”
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“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.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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.’”
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Mark
twelve uses
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?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
- διδάσκαλον;¶didaskalonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Someone in the crowd replied, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a spirit that makes him mute.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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.”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“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?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“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.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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?’
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Luke
seventeen uses
Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
- διδασκάλωνdidaskalonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
- διδάσκαλονdidaskalonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: teacher
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: teacher
But Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, Teacher,” he said.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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.”
- διδάσκαλονdidaskalonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Suddenly a man in the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only child.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“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.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“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.
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
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?’
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
John
seven uses
Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher —
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.”
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a teacher
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: teacher
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.”
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
- διδάσκαλεdidaskalenoun · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Teacher
Acts
one use
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.
- διδάσκαλοιdidaskaloinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
Romans
one use
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
- διδάσκαλονdidaskalonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a teacher
1 Corinthians
two uses
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.
- διδασκάλουςdidaskalousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
- διδάσκαλοιdidaskaloinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
Ephesians
one use
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,
- διδασκάλουςdidaskalousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
1 Timothy
one use
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.
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a teacher
2 Timothy
two uses
to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
- διδάσκαλοςdidaskalosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a teacher
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.
- διδασκάλουςdidaskalousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
Hebrews
one use
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!
- διδάσκαλοιdidaskaloinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
James
one use
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
- διδάσκαλοιdidaskaloinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: teachers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.