παιδαγωγός

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παιδαγωγός, ου, ὁ

Greek transliteration

paidagōgos

Simplified transliteration

paidagogos

Numbers

Strong's number

3807

GK Number

4080

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Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-2a

Gloss

guardian, custodian, supervisor

Definition

a pedagogue, childtender, a person, usually a slave or freedman, to whom the care of the boys of a family was committed, whose duty it was to attend them at their play, lead them to and from the public school, and exercise a constant superintendence over their conduct and safety; in NT an ordinary director or minister contrasted with an Apostle, as a pedagogue occupies an inferior position to a parent, 1 Cor. 4:15; a term applied to the Mosaic law, as dealing with men as in a state of mere childhood and tutelage, Gal. 3:24, 25*

Greek-English Concordance for παιδαγωγός

1 Corinthians 4:15	For though you have innumerable guardians (paidagōgous \| παιδαγωγούς \| acc pl masc) in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Galatians 3:24	Thus the law was our disciplinarian (paidagōgos \| παιδαγωγός \| nom sg masc) until the time of Christ, so that we might be declared righteous by faith.
Galatians 3:25	But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian (paidagōgon \| παιδαγωγόν \| acc sg masc).

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