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.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Doctor
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.