παιδαγωγόςpaidagōgós
a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue"))
Greek (New Testament) · G3807
Meanings
a guide, guardian, trainer of boys, a tutor, usually a trusty slave: opposed to πατήρ, 1 Corinthians 4:15; figuratively, of the Law, π. εἰς Χριστόν, Galatians 3:24, Galatians 3:25.
Same root
- παῖςpaîs · G3816a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)
- ἄγωágō · G71properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15 For even if you had ten thousand others to teach you about Christ, you have only one spiritual father. For I became your father in Christ Jesus when I preached the Good News to you.
- Galatians 3:24 Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
- Galatians 3:25 And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.