1 Corinthians 4:15 "For though ye have ten thousand instructors [pedagogues] in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel."
Illustrations of English words derived from the Greek in the New Testament.
By Gaylon West.
pedagogue (n.)
late 14c., "schoolmaster, teacher," from Old French pedagoge "teacher of children" (14c.), from Latin paedagogus, from Greek paidagogos "slave who escorts boys to school and generally supervises them," later "a teacher," from pais (genitive paidos) "child" (see pedo-) + agogos "leader," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Hostile implications in the word are at least from the time of Pepys (1650s). Related: Pedagogal.
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paidago¯gos
Thayer Definition:
1) a tutor, i.e. a guardian and guide of boys. Among the Greeks and the Romans the name was applied to trustworthy slaves who were charged with the duty of supervising the life and morals of boys belonging to the better class. The boys were not allowed so much as to step out of the house without them before arriving at the age of manhood.
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G3816- (
pais
Thayer Definition:
1 - a child, boy or girl
1a - infants, children
2- servant, slave)
and from a reduplicated form of G71 (ago¯
Thayer Definition:
to lead )
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