Word study · Greek

nomodidáskalos

teachers of the law

Say it: nom-o-did-AS-kal-os (approximate)

νομοδιδάσκαλος

What it means

A teacher of the law (nomos "law" plus didaskalos "teacher"). In 1:7, those who want to be "teachers of the law." In Luke 5:17 it refers to a Jewish teacher of the law, and in Acts 5:34 to Gamaliel.

Range of meaning

  • Teacher of the lawOne who instructs in the law.
  • Law expertA scribe.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 1

    "Desiring to be teachers of the law" (1:7).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3547 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources