Strong G2519καθηγητής

teacher

Transliteration
kathēgētēs
Pronunciation
kath-ayg-ay-tace'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From a compound of G2596 and G2233; a guide that is (figuratively) a teacher: - master.

Detailed definition

καθηγητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(καθηγέομαι, to go before, guide),
1. prop., a guide.

2. a master, teacher (MGr. professor): Mat.23:16.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2519 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • master3

First verses

  1. Matthew 23:8
    But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
  2. Matthew 23:10
    Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καθηγ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,
guide, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.313d.)]
2 teacher, professor, [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.43 W., +others, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 3, NT.Matt.23.10, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.70e, 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 5.6, “OGI” 408 (Theb. Aegypt., 2nd c.AD), “POxy.” 930.6 (2nd-3rd c.AD))], etc.:— also καθηγ-ητήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.300)], Doric dialect καθᾱγ-, κελεύθου [Refs (“IG” 12(1).44 (from Rhodes))]:—feminine καθηγ-ήτειρα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 33P., 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 76.6.)]