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διδάσκαλος
didáskalos · Greek · Strong's G1320 · 60 occurrences
The KJV renders 11 different Hebrew and Greek words as “master”
What it means
an instructor (genitive case or specially)
from G1321 (διδάσκω);
How the KJV renders it
doctor, master, teacher
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“master”
also renders epistátēs (G1988), rhabbí (G4461), kathēgētḗs (G2519), despótēs (G1203), kýrios (G2962), kybernḗtēs (G2942), ʼâdôwn (H113), baʻal (H1167), rab (H7229), sar (H8269)
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Where it appears
60 occurrences in the Greek text, first 58 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 12:28 · N-APM
God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.
1 Corinthians 12:29 · N-NPM
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?
1 Timothy 2:7 · N-NSM
to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
2 Timothy 1:11 · N-NSM
For this I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
2 Timothy 4:3 · N-APM
For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,
Acts 13:1 · N-NPM
Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Ephesians 4:11 N-APMHebrews 5:12 N-NPMJames 3:1 N-NPMJohn 1:39 N-VSMJohn 3:2 N-NSMJohn 3:10 N-NSMJohn 8:4 N-VSMJohn 11:28 N-NSMJohn 13:13 N-NSMJohn 13:14 N-NSMJohn 20:16 N-VSMLuke 2:46 N-GPMLuke 3:12 N-VSMLuke 6:40 N-ASMLuke 7:40 N-VSMLuke 8:49 N-ASMLuke 9:38 N-VSMLuke 10:25 N-VSMLuke 11:45 N-VSMLuke 12:13 N-VSMLuke 18:18 N-VSMLuke 19:39 N-VSMLuke 20:21 N-VSMLuke 20:28 N-VSMLuke 20:39 N-VSMLuke 21:7 N-VSMLuke 22:11 N-NSMMatthew 8:19 N-VSMMatthew 9:11 N-NSMMatthew 10:24 N-ASMMatthew 10:25 N-NSMMatthew 12:38 N-VSMMatthew 17:24 N-NSMMatthew 19:16 N-VSMMatthew 22:16 N-VSMMatthew 22:24 N-VSMMatthew 22:36 N-VSMMatthew 23:8 N-NSMMatthew 26:18 N-NSMMark 4:38 N-VSMMark 5:35 N-ASMMark 9:17 N-VSMMark 9:38 N-VSMMark 10:17 N-VSMMark 10:20 N-VSMMark 10:35 N-VSMMark 12:14 N-VSMMark 12:19 N-VSMMark 12:32 N-VSMMark 13:1 N-VSMMark 14:14 N-NSMRomans 2:20 N-ASM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.