Definition:
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: Jhn.1:39 20:16; of Jewish teachers, Luk.2:46, Jhn.3:10, cf. Rom.2:20-21; of John Baptist, Luk.3:12; of Jesus, Jhn.3:2, 10 8:4 11:28 13:13-14, and often in Syn., most frequently in voc, as title of address, as Mat.8:19, Mrk.4:38; of Jesus by himself, Mat.23:8; of an apostle, 1Ti.2:7, 2Ti.1:11; of Christians, 1Co.12:28-29, Eph.4:11, Act.13:1, Jas.3:1; of false teachers, 2Ti.4:3 (Cremer, 181; DB, i, 609, iii, 294, iv, 691) SYN.: παιδευτής, q.v (AS)
Definition:
δῐδάσκᾰλ-ος, ὁ (but
feminine, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], compare ξυμφορὴ γίνεται δ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+],
teacher, master, μαντείης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδάσκαλον λαβεῖν get
a master, [[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς διδασκάλου (i.e. οἶκον) φοιτᾶν go to
school, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διδασκάλων or ἐκ διδασκάλων ἀπαλλαγῆναι leave
school, [
Refs]; ἐν διδασκάλων at
school, [
Refs]
II)
trainer of a dithyrambic or dramatic chorus,
producer of a play, etc, ἴτω δὲ καὶ τραγῳδίας ὁ Κλεομάχου δ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]