ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΣ, παιδαγωγος
PAIDAGŌGOS, paidagōgos
Sounds Like: py-dah-go-GOHS
Translations: tutor, guardian, instructor, disciplinarian, schoolmaster, a tutor, a guardian, an instructor, a disciplinarian, a schoolmaster
From the root: ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a household slave or trusted servant, often an older man, who was responsible for supervising a boy from childhood until puberty. His duties included accompanying the boy to school, carrying his books, and providing moral and behavioral instruction. He was not necessarily a teacher of academic subjects, but rather a disciplinarian and moral guide. In a metaphorical sense, as seen in the New Testament, it can refer to something that guides or disciplines, like the Law preparing people for Christ. It is a compound word formed from ΠΑΙΣ (PAIS, meaning 'child') and ΑΓΩΓΟΣ (AGOGOS, meaning 'leader' or 'guide').
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G3807 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Galatians — 3:24
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Galatians — 3:24
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
- ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΟΝ — guardian, tutor, disciplinarian, instructor, a guardian, a tutor, a disciplinarian, an instructor
- 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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