Paidagōgós — G3807

Definition

masculine noun

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

Usually translated as

schoolmaster, instructor

Origin

from G3816 and a reduplicated form of G71

• paîs (G3816)
• ágō (G71)

Occurrences

Paidagōgós occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Galatians (2)

• Galatians 3:24 — Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster (παιδαγωγὸς) to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
• Galatians 3:25 — But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster (παιδαγωγόν).