Reference: Master
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The Greek word for teacher is tr 'master' in 2Ma 1:10, Jas 3:1, and in all its occurrences in the Gospels except Lu 2:46, where it is 'doctor,' and Joh 3:2 'teacher.' See Lord and Slave.
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And on the third day they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions,
This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
Morish
1. In the O.T. there are five words so translated, but only one that occurs frequently, adon, which is often rendered 'Lord,' and signifies 'master' either as owner or ruler. In the N.T. there is ??????, often translated 'Lord:' this is rendered 'master' in reference to God in Eph 6:9; Col 4:1; and is often used as between master and servants.
2. ??????????, 'teacher.' This is often translated 'master' in the gospels in application to the Lord. Mt 8:19; Mr 4:38; Lu 3:12; Joh 1:38, etc. It is the same word in Jas 3:1, "Be not many teachers."
3. ????????, master in the sense of 'owner,' as of slaves. 1Ti 6:1-2; 2Ti 2:21; Tit 2:9; 1Pe 2:18.
4. ?????????, 'superintendent, overseer.' Lu 5:5; 8:24,45; 9:33,49; 17:13.
5. ?????????, 'leader.' Mt 23:8,10.
6. ?????, 'Rabbi,' a Jewish title. Mt 26:25,49; Mr 9:5; 11:21; 14:45; Joh 4:31; 9:2; 11:8.
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And a scribe came up and said to him, "Master, I will follow you wherever you are going!"
But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.
And you must not let men call you master, for you have only one master, the Christ.
Judas, who betrayed him, said, "Can it be I, Master?" He said to him, "You are right!"
And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Master!" and kissed him affectionately.
He was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him up and said to him, "Master, does it make no difference to you that we are sinking?"
Then Peter spoke, and said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."
And Peter remembered about it and said to him, "Look, Master! The fig tree that you cursed is withered up!"
So when he came he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Master!" and kissed him affectionately.
Even tax-collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Master, what ought we to do?"
Simon answered, "Master, we worked all night and caught nothing, but as you tell me to do it, I will put down the nets."
And they went to him and woke him up, and said to him, "Master! Master! We are lost!" Then he awoke and reproved the wind and the rough water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.
Jesus said, "Who was it who touched me?" And as everyone denied having done so, Peter said, "Master, the people are all around you and they are crowding you."
Just as they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, how good it is that we are here! Let us put up three huts, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah!" For he did not know what he was saying.
John answered, "Master, we saw a man driving out demons with your name, and we told him not to do so, for he does not go with us."
His disciples asked him, "Master, for whose sin was this man born blind? For his own, or for that of his parents?"
The disciples said to him, "Master, the Jews have just been trying to stone you, and are you going back there again?"
But the officer was more influenced by the pilot and the captain than by what Paul had to say,
You who are masters, too, must treat your slaves in the same way, and cease to threaten them, for you know that their Master and yours is in heaven, and that he will show no partiality.
You who are masters must treat your slaves justly and fairly, and remember that you have a Master too, in heaven.
All who are under the yoke of slavery must treat their masters with the greatest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be abused. Those who have Christian masters must not think lightly of them because they are brothers; they must serve them all the more faithfully, because those who benefit by it are believers and hence dear to them. These are the things you must teach and preach.
Tell slaves always to obey their masters and try to please them, not to oppose them
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
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