Original Word: νομοδιδάσκαλος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: nomodidaskalos
Pronunciation: no-mo-di-DAS-ka-los
Phonetic Spelling: (nom-od-id-as'-kal-os)
KJV: doctor (teacher) of the law
NASB: teachers of the Law, teacher of the Law
Word Origin: [from G3551 (νόμος - Law) and G1320 (διδάσκαλος - Teacher)]

1. a teacher of the (Jewish) law, i.e. a Rabbi

teacher of the law.

From nomos and didaskalos; an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. A Rabbi -- doctor (teacher) of the law.

see GREEK nomos

see GREEK didaskalos

3547 nomodidáskalos (from 3551 /nómos, "law" and 1320 /didáskalos, "teacher") – properly "a teacher of law," referring to an expert in the Mosiac Law. This person was so highly learned (scholarly) in the Hebrew Scriptures (OT), they had the status of "teaching-jurist" – i.e. a premier "teacher of the Law" who gave "expert theological opinion" on issues in Jewish life and religion.

3547 /nomodidáskalos ("Scripture-lawyer") does not occur in ancient secular Greek (BAGD, Kittel), but is used three times in the NT (Lk 5:17; Ac 5:34; 1 Tim 1:7). It suggests a highly accomplished teacher of God's law, i.e. someone erudite in interpreting the Bible.

[3547 (nomodidáskalos) implies someone with even higher authority than 3544 (nomikós) – i.e. teaching other "Scripture-lawyers."]

Word Origin
from nomos and didaskalos
Definition
a teacher of the law
NASB Translation
teacher of the Law (1), teachers of the Law (2).STRONGS NT 3547: νομοδιδάσκαλος

νομοδιδάσκαλος, νομοδιδασκαλου, ὁ (νόμος and διδάσκαλος, cf. ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος, ἱεροδιδασκαλος, χοροδιδάσκαλος), a teacher and interpreter of the law: among the Jews (cf. γραμματεύς, 2), Luke 5:17; Acts 5:34; of those who among Christians also went about as champions and interpreters of the Mosaic law, 1 Timothy 1:7. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings.)

Luke 5:17 N-NMP
GRK: Φαρισαῖοι καὶ νομοδιδάσκαλοι οἳ ἦσαν
NAS: and there were [some] Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting
KJV: and doctors of the law sitting by,
INT: Pharisees and teachers of the law who were

Acts 5:34 N-NMS
GRK: ὀνόματι Γαμαλιήλ νομοδιδάσκαλος τίμιος παντὶ
NAS: Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected
KJV: Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation
INT: by name Gamaliel a teacher of the law honored by all

1 Timothy 1:7 N-NMP
GRK: θέλοντες εἶναι νομοδιδάσκαλοι μὴ νοοῦντες
NAS: wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand
KJV: to be teachers of the law;
INT: wishing to be law-teachers not understanding

Strong's Greek 3547
3 Occurrences

νομοδιδάσκαλοι — 2 Occ.
νομοδιδάσκαλος — 1 Occ.