ψευδο-δῐδάσκᾰλος G5572
false teacher, one who teaches error or heresy
Someone who propagates false doctrine or heretical teaching within the community of faith. Peter warns in 2 Peter 2:1 that such false teachers will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them. The term appears across languages as a compound construction (Spanish 'falsos-maestros', English 'false-teachers'), highlighting both the pedagogical role and its corruption, a critical concern in early Christianity's battle against doctrinal distortion.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A teacher who leads others astray with erroneous doctrine. Used in 2 Peter 2:1 within a prophetic warning about infiltrators who will covertly bring in damaging teachings, paralleling the false prophets of Israel's past but now threatening the New Covenant community with theological deception. 1×
AR["مُعَلِّمونَ-كَذَبَةٌ"]·ben["ভণ্ডশিক্ষক"]·DE["falscher-Lehrer"]·EN["false-teachers"]·FR["ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι"]·heb["מוֹרֵי-שֶׁקֶר"]·HI["झूठे-शिक्षक"]·ID["guru-guru-palsu,"]·IT["pseudodidaskaloi"]·jav["guru-palsu,"]·KO["거짓-교사들이,"]·PT["falsos-mestres"]·RU["лжеучителя"]·ES["falsos-maestros"]·SW["walimu-wa-uongo"]·TR["sahte-öğretmenler"]·urd["جھوٹے-استاد،"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ψευδο-δῐδάσκᾰλος, ὁ, false teacher, 2 Refs