Word Summary
nomodidaskalos: a teacher of the law
Original Word: νομοδιδάσκαλοςTransliteration: nomodidaskalos
Phonetic Spelling: (nom-od-id-as'-kal-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a teacher of the law
Meaning: a teacher of the law
Strong's Concordance
teacher of the law.
From nomos and didaskalos; an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. A Rabbi -- doctor (teacher) of the law.
see GREEK nomos
see GREEK didaskalos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3547: νομοδιδάσκαλοςνομοδιδάσκαλος,
νομοδιδασκαλου,
ὁ (
νόμος and
διδάσκαλος, cf.
ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος,
ἱεροδιδασκαλος,
χοροδιδάσκαλος),
a teacher and interpreter of the law: among the Jews (cf.
γραμματεύς, 2),
Luke 5:17;
Acts 5:34; of those who among Christians also went about as champions and interpreters of the Mosaic law,
1 Timothy 1:7. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings.)