Paidagogos means “instructor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3807 — kathath (“break in pieces”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3807 παιδαγωγός (paidagogos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. paidagogos (pai-dag-o-gos') n. 1. a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school 2. (by implication, (figuratively)) a tutor ("paedagogue") It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include schoolmaster. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
paidagogos (pai-dag-o-gos') n. 1. a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school 2. (by implication, (figuratively)) a tutor ("paedagogue") [from G3816 and a reduplicated form of G71] KJV: instructor, schoolmaster Root(s): G3816, G71
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3807. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
guardian
Usage: 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.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paidagogos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3807.
For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3807, grouped by book.
Paidagogos (Strong's G3807) is a Greek word most simply glossed "instructor". paidagogos (pai-dag-o-gos') n. 1. a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school 2. (by implication, (figuratively)) a tutor ("paedagogue")
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G3807 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3807 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as schoolmaster. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
