ὁδηγός
hodēgos · guide
Greek word · Strong’s number G3595 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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hodēgos (ὁδηγός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “guide”.
Leader: someone who shows the way.
How to say it
ho·dē·gos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One who shows the way.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- guides ×3
- guide ×2
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 15:14
Leave them; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the sanctuary, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the sanctuary is bound.’
- Matthew 23:24
Blind guides, who strain out the gnat but swallow the camel!
- Acts 1:16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus,
- Romans 2:19
and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness,