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Schoolmaster

The law so designated by Paul (Gal. 3:24, 25). This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G3807
Greek
παιδαγωγός · paidagōgós

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

παιδαγωγός

G3807
Transliteration
paidagōgós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

instructor, schoolmaster

Lexicon definition

a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school

(by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue"))

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Schoolmaster

The law so designated by Paul (Gal. 3:24, 25). As so used, the word does not mean teacher, but pedagogue (shortened into the modern page), i.e., one who was intrusted with the supervision of a family, taking them to and from the school, being responsible for their safety and manners. Hence the pedagogue was stern and severe in his discipline. Thus the law was a pedagogue to the Jews, with a view to Christ, i.e., to prepare for faith in Christ by producing convictions of guilt and helplessness. The office of the pedagogue ceased when "faith came", i.e., the object of that faith, the seed, which is Christ.

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Schoolmaster

The law so designated by Paul (Gal. 3:24, 25). As so used, the word does not mean teacher, but pedagogue (shortened into the modern page), i.e., one who was intrusted with the supervision of a family, taking them to and from the school, being responsible for their safety and manners. Hence the pedagogue was stern and severe in his discipline. Thus the law was a pedagogue to the Jews, with a view to Christ, i.e., to prepare for faith in Christ by producing convictions of guilt and helplessness. The office of the pedagogue ceased when "faith came", i.e., the object of that faith, the seed, which is Christ.

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