διδάσκαλος

διδάσκαλος, -ου, ὁ

(διδάσκω), [in LXX: Est 6,1, 2Ma 1,10 * ;]

given as rendering of Heb. רַבִּי ,רַבּוֺן (NT, Ῥαββεί, Ῥαββουνεί which see);

a teacher: Joh 1,39; 20,16; of Jewish teachers, Luk 2,46, Joh 3,10, cf. Rom 2,20-21; of John Baptist, Luk 3,12 of Jesus, Joh 3,2, 10; 8,4; 11,28; 13,13-14, and often in Syn., most frequently in voc., as title of address, as Matt 8,19, Mark 4,38; of Jesus by himself, Matt 23,8 of an apostle, 1 Tim 2,7, 2 Tim 1,11; of Christians, 1 Kor 12,28-29, Ef 4,11, ApG 13,1, Jak 3,1; of false teachers, 2 Tim 4,3 (Cremer, 181; DB, i, 609, iii, 294, iv, 691)

SYN.: παιδευτής, q.v