"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;..."
Definition and meaning
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*
In the original Greek the word is written: παιδαγωγός
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of paidagogos (G3807) across the King James Bible.
For though ye have ten thousand instructors 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.
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Common questions
Strong's G3807 (paidagogos) is a Greek word that means: 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 publi... It appears 3 times in the King James Bible.
The word paidagogos (G3807) appears 3 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3807 is paidagogos, a Greek word defined as: 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 t. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
paidagogos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.