παιδαγωγός
paidagōgos · guardian, tutor
Greek word · Strong’s number G3807 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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paidagōgos (παιδαγωγός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “guardian, tutor”.
A slave who went with the children and watched over them.
How to say it
pai·da·gō·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
- A slave who escorted and watched over children until they grew up.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- tutor ×2
- guardians ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 4:15
For even if you have ten thousand guardians in the Messiah, you do not have many fathers; for in the Messiah Jesus I fathered you through the good news.
- Galatians 3:24
So then the law has become our tutor until the Messiah, so that we might be declared righteous by faith.
- Galatians 3:25
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.