Define

• Hebrew: moreh (מֹרֶה) means "teacher/instructor"

  • The root ירה (yrh) means to point, direct, instruct. From this come:
    • moreh (מֹרֶה) — one who instructs
    • torah (תּוֹרָה) — instruction / teaching

• Greek: didaskalos (διδάσκαλος) meaning teacher, instructor, master

Related words

• didaskō (διδάσκω) - to teach Teaching
• didaskalia (διδασκαλία) - teaching
• didaktikos (διδακτικός) - able to teach
• rabbi (ῥαββί) - my master, teacher / - rabboni (ῥαββουνί) - my great master, teacher
  • In Jewish religious contexts (especially post-New Testament), רבי (rabbi, from rav) became the standard term for a teacher of Torah/Scripture
  • It is not used as a personal title for a teacher in the canonical Old Testament. The title "Rabbi" (as a form of address for teachers) developed later and is common in the New Testament when addressing Jesus.

Additional Info

Connections

• Matthew 8:19 (a scribe addressing Jesus)
• Matthew 9:11 (Pharisees referring to Jesus)
• Matthew 10:24 (general: a disciple and his teacher)
• Matthew 10:25 (general: disciple like his teacher)
• Matthew 12:38 (scribes and Pharisees addressing Jesus)
• Matthew 17:24 (tax collectors referring to Jesus)
• Matthew 19:16 (rich young man addressing Jesus)
• Matthew 22:16 (Pharisees' disciples and Herodians addressing Jesus)
• Matthew 22:24 (Sadducees referring to Moses as teacher)
• Matthew 22:36 (a lawyer addressing Jesus)
• Matthew 23:8 (Jesus speaking generally)
• Matthew 26:18 (Jesus referring to himself)
• Mark 4:38 (disciples addressing Jesus)
• Mark 5:35 (people from Jairus' house referring to Jesus)
• Mark 9:17 (a man in the crowd addressing Jesus)
• Mark 9:38 (John referring to an exorcist)
• Mark 10:17 (rich young man addressing Jesus)
• Mark 10:20 (rich young man addressing Jesus)
• Mark 10:35 (James and John, via their mother, implying Jesus)
• Mark 12:14 (Pharisees and Herodians addressing Jesus)
• Mark 12:19 (Sadducees referring to Moses as teacher)
• Mark 12:32 (a scribe addressing Jesus)
• Mark 13:1 (a disciple addressing Jesus)
• Mark 14:14 (Jesus referring to himself)
• Luke 2:46 (teachers in the temple; no specific name)
• Luke 3:12 (tax collectors referring to John the Baptist)
• Luke 6:40 (general: disciple like his teacher)
• Luke 7:40 (Simon the Pharisee addressed by Jesus; referring to Jesus)
• Luke 8:49 (people from Jairus' house referring to Jesus)
• Luke 9:38 (a man in the crowd addressing Jesus)
• Luke 10:25 (a lawyer addressing Jesus)
• Luke 11:45 (a lawyer referring to Jesus)
• Luke 12:13 (a man in the crowd addressing Jesus)
• Luke 18:18 (a ruler addressing Jesus)
• Luke 19:39 (Pharisees addressing Jesus)
• Luke 20:21 (spies addressing Jesus)
• Luke 20:28 (Sadducees referring to Moses as teacher)
• Luke 20:39 (scribes addressing Jesus)
• Luke 21:7 (disciples addressing Jesus)
• Luke 22:11 (Jesus referring to himself)
• John 1:38 (disciples addressing Jesus)
• John 3:2 (Nicodemus addressing Jesus)
• John 3:10 (Jesus referring to Nicodemus as "the teacher of Israel")
• John 8:4 (scribes and Pharisees addressing Jesus)
• John 11:28 (Martha referring to Jesus)
• John 13:13 (Jesus referring to himself)
• John 13:14 (Jesus referring to himself)
• John 20:16 (Mary Magdalene addressing Jesus)
• Acts 13:1 (teachers in Antioch church; includes named prophets and teachers like Barnabas, Simeon, Lucius, Manaen, Saul/Paul; no single name)
• Romans 2:20 (general: a teacher of the immature)
• 1 Corinthians 12:28 (teachers as a gift in the church; no name)
• 1 Corinthians 12:29 (rhetorical: not all teachers; no name)
• Ephesians 4:11 (teachers as a gift; no name)
• 1 Timothy 2:7 (Paul referring to himself)
• 2 Timothy 1:11 (Paul referring to himself)
• 2 Timothy 4:3 (general: people heaping up teachers for themselves; no name)
• Hebrews 5:12 (general: you ought to be teachers; no name)
• James 3:1 (warning: not many should become teachers; no name)