Quick Definition
a teacher and interpreter of the Mosaic Law
Strong's Definition
an expounder of the (Jewish) law, i.e. a Rabbi
Derivation: from G3551 (νόμος) and G1320 (διδάσκαλος);
KJV Usage: doctor (teacher) of the law
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νομοδιδάσκαλος, νομοδιδασκαλου, ὁ (νόμος and διδάσκαλος, cf. ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος, ἱεροδιδασκαλος, χοροδιδάσκαλος), a teacher and interpreter of the law: among the Jews (cf. γραμματεύς, 2), Luk_5:17; Act_5:34; of those who among Christians also went about as champions and interpreters of the Mosaic law, 1Ti_1:7. (Not found elsewhere (except in ecclesiastical writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νομοδιδάσκαλος nomodid askalos 3x
a teacher and interpreter of the Mosaic law, Luk_5:17 ; Act_5:34 ; 1Ti_1:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† νομο -διδάσκαλος , -ου , ὁ ,
a teacher of the law: Luk_5:17 , Act_5:34 , 1Ti_1:7
(NT and eccl . only; cf. νομοδείκτης , -διδάκτης , Plut .).†
SYN.: γραμματεύς G1122 , q.v.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νομοδιδάσκαλος [page 429]
a teacher of the law, is found ter in the NT, but does not seem to occur elsewhere except in eccles. writers : cf., however, νομοδιδάκτης in Plut. Cato Major xx. 4.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νομοδιδάσκαλος νομο-δι^δάσκα^λος, ὁ, "a teacher of the law", Plut. , NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νομο-διδάσκαλος, -ου, ὁ
a teacher of the law: Luk.5:17, Act.5:34, 1Ti.1:7 (NT and eccl. only; cf. νομοδείκτης, -διδάκτης, Plut.).†
SYN.: γραμματεύς, q.v (AS)