110 occurrences in 13 translations

'Teacher' in the Bible

So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.

And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallAssignment

He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceFormulas For SuccessReverence, And BlessingSuccessSports

Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power.Who is a teacher like Him?

Verse ConceptsPower, Of God

Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

Verse ConceptsWaiting On GodAttitudes Of HopeGod My SalvationThose Who Wait For GodGod's TruthguidanceWaiting On The Lord

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfGod TeachingLearning The Right Wayheartbeat

If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

Verse ConceptsFear Of God, Results OfGod As Our TeacherGod TeachingChoosing God's WayWho Is The One?

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of God's ActionsYouthGod As Our TeacherBeing Devoted From YouthGod TeachingGuidance And Strength

For good is a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

Verse ConceptsDoorkeepersDoorsProperty, HousesTentsEvil AssociationsOne DayPresented At The DoorwayWe Live With GodDaysgaysBeing GayHaving A Good Daywickedness

My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

Verse ConceptsGod Teaching

The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem.

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

Verse ConceptsPhilosophyBoredomVanityDisgustUseless EndeavourTime Passing

I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

“Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation,

Verse ConceptsBeing Found Out

(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.

Verse ConceptsRelationship Of Men And WomenVirtuous WomanGodly WomanFinding LoveGodly ManA Good WomanBeing A Woman Of GodA Good ManMan And Womanwomancredibility

In addition to the Teacher being a wise man, he constantly taught the people knowledge; he weighed, explored, and arranged many proverbs.

Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingWise Proverbsexploringorder

The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and write words of truth accurately.

Verse ConceptsA Word Fitly Spoken

I would take you by the hand into my mother's house, and she would be my teacher. I would give you drink of spiced wine, drink of the pomegranate.

Verse ConceptsPomegranatesLove And Wine

The head is the elder, the honored one;the tail is the prophet, the lying teacher.

Verse ConceptsTailsWicked ProphetsHead As ChiefFake Friends

For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.

Verse ConceptsDiscretionGod As Our TeacherCumminGod TeachingAgricultureFarming

The Lord will give you meager bread and water during oppression, but your Teacher will not hide Himself any longer. Your eyes will see your Teacher,

Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative OfTeachersWaters Of AfflictionGod HidingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionHard TimesHealing A Broken HeartHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppressionhiding

And ye sons of Zion, joy and rejoice, In Jehovah your God, For He hath given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causeth to come down to you a shower, Sprinkling and gathered -- in the beginning.

Verse ConceptsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverAbundance, MaterialNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Sending RainLatenessspringtimevindication

A scribe approached Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go!”

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsZeal, Without KnowledgeVolunteeringcats

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsStatusTax CollectorsPharisees Concerned About ChristFinding Fault With Jesustaxespharisees

It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfChristlikenessBeelzebubGrowth Of EvilSlavesBecoming Like PeopleRelatives Also InvolvedAccused Of Being Demonised

He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things that are new and fresh and things that are old and familiar.”

Verse ConceptsHousesKeysTeachers Of The LawChristian TraditionsPeople Of The KingdomtrainingNew

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the double-drachma tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your Teacher pay the double-drachma tax?”

Verse ConceptsCollectionsMoney, Uses OfTaxDouble MoneyTax To Be Paidtaxesefficiency

They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryKnowing God's WaysHonestyWay, TheJewish SectsChrist Telling The TruthChrist TeachingTeaching The Way Of GodGod's Word Is True

And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

Verse ConceptsAttorneyLawyersQuestioning ChristTesting ChristTesting God

Teacher, which command in the law is the greatest?”

Verse ConceptsGreat Things

And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsMarketsMarketplacesSpoken Greetingsrecognition

“But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ because you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Verse ConceptsTeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhood

“Go into the city to a certain man,” He said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place with My disciples.’”

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeGod, Purpose OfGuestsEntering CitiesNear The Time PersonallyOther References To The DisciplesTimes Of The ChristGuest Rooms

While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTroubling Individualsharassment

Out of the crowd, one man answered Him, “Teacher, I brought my son to You. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsDumbnessdisabilitiesdemons, Kinds ofCrowdsDumbThose Demonised

John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn’t following us.”

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Nature OfPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristPeople Following PeopleDemonsDiscipleshipComplainingCasting Out Demonsgroups

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Verse ConceptseagernessBowingKneelingChrist, Names ForParticular JourneysIndividuals RunningSetting OutSeeking LifeGood PeopleActivity BegunDoing God's Works

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said, “Teacher, we want You to do something for us if we ask You.”

Verse ConceptsSelfishness

When they came, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know You are truthful and defer to no one, for You don’t show partiality but teach truthfully the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

Verse ConceptsFlatteryKnowing God's WaysHonestyTributesWay, TheCaesarPerforming The TruthChrist TeachingTeaching The Way Of GodGod's Word Is TrueTelling The Truthattentiontaxes

Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionLack Of Sons

Then the scribe said to Him, “You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one else except Him.

Verse ConceptsNo Other Is GodGod Is One

As He was going out of the temple complex, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look! What massive stones! What impressive buildings!”

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesProphecies Said By JesusThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The Temple

Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room for Me to eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

Verse ConceptsGuestsOther References To The DisciplesPrivate RoomsGuest Rooms

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Verse ConceptsSinnersTeachablenessBaptised By JohnOne's Deeds

Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”“Teacher,” he said, “say it.”

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someone

While He was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother the Teacher anymore.”

Verse ConceptsWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTroubling Individuals

Just then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he’s my only child.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Character OfThe Only ChildOnly Child Of People

Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Verse ConceptsLawyersInheritance, SpiritualSeeking LifeTesting ChristDoing God's WorksTests

One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”

Verse ConceptsInsultsLegalismInsulting Other People

Someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Verse ConceptsCovetousnessInheritanceSiblingsFamily ProblemsResolving Conflict

Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionQuestioning ChristLack Of Sons

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well.”

Verse ConceptsTeachers Of The Law

Teacher,” they asked Him, “so when will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”

Verse ConceptsSigns Of Christ's ReturnWhen?Signs Of The End Times

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

Verse ConceptsGuestsOther References To The DisciplesWhere Are Things?Private RoomsGuest Rooms

When Jesus turned and noticed them following Him, He asked them, “What are you looking for?”They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are You staying?”

Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfRabbiTurning RoundChrist SeeingStaying TemporarilyDiscipleshipseekingfollowing

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristRabbiSignsSigns Of The TimesJesus As Our TeacherGod With ChristSigns Performed By ChristDuring One NightOther People Of GodSpecial Revelation

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From GodComing To ChristHearing God's WordGod TeachingThe FatherWritten In The ProphetsThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?"

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Responses ToSigns Performed By ChristThose Who Believed In Christ

So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theGreeksJudaismNot FindingChrist TeachingWhere To?

Teacher,” they said to Him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutThose Who Committed Adulteryadultry

Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.

Verse ConceptsBirth, PhysicalPride, Examples OfRegretting BirthExcommunicationBabies Sinful From Birth

Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, "John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true."

Verse ConceptsTruthJohn The BaptistSpeaking TruthNo SignsMiracles

Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningOthers SummoningBringing Men To Jesus

If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

Verse ConceptsExcusesethics, basis ofResponsibility, To GodMisused PrivilegesThe Fact Of His Coming

Jesus said, “Mary.”Turning around, she said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!”—which means “Teacher.”

Verse ConceptsLanguagesRabbi

A Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered the men to be taken outside for a little while.

Verse ConceptsIntelligenceStatusTeachers Of The LawJewish SectsScholarsSchools

Now I have applied these things [that is, the analogies about factions] to myself and Apollos for your benefit, believers, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written [in Scripture], so that none of you will become arrogant and boast in favor of one [minister or teacher] against the other.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofApollosPartialityDo Not Be Proudsisterhood

But since that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

Verse ConceptsSchool

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Director (123 instances)
Governor (89 instances)
Grinder (1 instance)
Instructor (6 instances)
Master (460 instances)
Teacher (110 instances)

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