Strong’s G1320 · Greek

διδάσκαλος
didáskalos

Definition

an instructor (genitive case or specially)

Etymology

from G1321 (διδάσκω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • doctor
  • master
  • teacher

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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