ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΝ, παιδαγωγον
PAIDAGŌGON, paidagōgon
Sounds Like: py-dah-go-GON
Translations: guardian, tutor, disciplinarian, instructor, a guardian, a tutor, a disciplinarian, an instructor
From the root: ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a guardian or tutor, often a slave, who was responsible for supervising a boy from childhood to puberty. Their role was not primarily to teach, but to escort the child to school, ensure their good behavior, and instill discipline. They acted as a moral guide and protector, rather than a teacher in the modern sense.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G3807 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Galatians — 3:25
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 6:212
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 76:429
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Galatians — 3:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΙ — guardians, tutors, schoolmasters, custodians
- ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΙΣ — (to) tutors, (to) guardians, (to) instructors, (to) schoolmasters
- ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΣ — tutor, guardian, instructor, disciplinarian, schoolmaster, a tutor, a guardian, an instructor, a disciplinarian, a schoolmaster
- ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΥΣ — tutors, guardians, escorts, instructors
- ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΩΝ — (of) a guardian, (of) a tutor, (of) a disciplinarian, (of) a trainer, (of) a schoolmaster
- ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΩΝΤΟΝ — of tutors, of guardians, of instructors, of escorts, of trainers, training, guiding, instructing
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