Topic
Doctor
5 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 2:46Easton · ISBE · Nave A teacher, or master
And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
- Luke 5:17Easton · ISBE · Nave A teacher, or master
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
- Acts 5:34Easton · ISBE · Nave A teacher, or master
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
- Matthew 8:19Nave A teacher, or master
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
- 1 Timothy 1:7Nave A teacher, or master
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
(Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find an audience. Their disciples were allowed to propose to them questions. They assumed the office without any appointment to it. The doctors of the law were principally of the sect of the Pharisees. Schools were established after the destruction of Jerusalem at Babylon and Tiberias, in which academical degrees were conferred on those who passed a certain examination. Those of the school of Tiberias were called by the title “rabbi,” and those of Babylon by that of “master.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
dok'-ter: (In Lu 2:46 didaskalos) "doctor" is equivalent to "teacher," which latter is the translation of the Revised Version (British and American). So in Lu 5:17; Ac 5:34, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "doctors," "doctor," of the law (nomodidaskalos). See EDUCATION; RABBI; SCRIBES.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.