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GreekG3807Noun (Masculine)

παιδαγωγός

paidagōgos

3Occurrences
G3807Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue"))

from G3816 (παῖς) and a reduplicated form of G71 (ἄγω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a guide, guardian, trainer of boys, a tutor (disting. from διδάσκαλος, Xen., Lac., 3, 1), usually a trusty slave: opposite to πατήρ; figuratively, of the Law, π. εἰς Χριστόν.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

παιδαγωγός appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Galatians
2
1 Corinthians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 4:15BSB

Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

Galatians 3:24BSB

So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Galatians 3:25BSB

Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.