Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3807
παιδαγωγός
paidagōgos · “guardian”
Used 3 times across 2 books
Definition
παιδαγωγός, -oῦ, ὁ
(παῖς, ἄγω),
a guide, guardian, trainer of boys, a tutor (disting. from διδάσκαλος, Xen., Lac., 3, 1), usually a trusty slave: opposite to πατήρ, 1Co.4:15; figuratively, of the Law, π. εἰς Χριστόν, Gal.3:24-25.†
(παῖς, ἄγω),
a guide, guardian, trainer of boys, a tutor (disting. from διδάσκαλος, Xen., Lac., 3, 1), usually a trusty slave: opposite to πατήρ, 1Co.4:15; figuratively, of the Law, π. εἰς Χριστόν, Gal.3:24-25.†
Where it appears
1 Corinthians1
Galatians2
In the text
1 Corinthians 4:15For 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 3:24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.Galatians 3:25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
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