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παιδαγωγός (G3807)

paidagōgós

pahee-dag-o-gos'

from παῖς and a reduplicated form of ἄγω; a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue")):-- instructor, schoolmaster.

Abbott–Smith

* παιδαγωγός, -οῦ, ὁ (< παῖς, ἄγω),
a guide, guardian, trainer of boys, a tutor (disting. from διδάσκαλος, Xen., Lac., 3, 1), usually a trusty slave: opp. to πατήρ, I Co 4:15; fig., of the Law, π. εἰς Χριστόν, Ga 3:24, 25.†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


3 occurrences

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:15
    For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
  • Galatians 3:24
    Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
  • Galatians 3:25
    But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.