Word Study · Strong's G3807 · Greek

παιδαγωγός

paidagogos

pahee-dag-o-gos'

Strong's 1890 spelling: paidagōgós

“a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue"))

Rendered in the KJV as

instructor, schoolmaster.

3
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

παιδαγωγόν1
παιδαγωγὸς1
παιδαγωγοὺς1

How it is rendered · 3

a trainer1
guardians1
trainer1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-APM · 1
N-ASM · 1
N-NSM · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Galatians2 of 3 · 67%
1 Corinthians1 of 3 · 33%

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1 Corinthians1 occurrence

1 Corinthians 4:15παιδαγωγοὺςpaidagōgousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluralEven if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.here: guardians

Galatians2 occurrences

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