noun · masculine
hodēgos
Strong’sG3595
a leader, guide
stem hodēg-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
**† ὁδηγός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< ὁδός, ἡγέομαι), [in LXX: Es 8:1, Wi 7:15 18:3, I Mac 4:2, II Mac 5:15*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3595 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
guide, Refs 2nd c.BC+; of a goddess, Refs 2nd c.AD+; part of a dirigible χελώνη, Refs 2nd c.BC+ adjective, ὁδηγὰ πλοῖα pilot-boats, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hodēgos | hodēgois1×ὁδηγοί |
| object accusative | hodēgon1×ὁδηγὸν | hodēgoin |
| direct address vocative | hodēgor | hodēgoir2×ὁδηγοὶ |
| of, belonging to genitive | hodēgou1×ὁδηγοῦ | hodēgoiu |
| to, for dative | hodēgo | hodēgoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hodēgo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
hodēgon“guide”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 2:19peithasē tē siauton hodēgon arō tufloiu, fōtem toiu en skote,… are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for …
hodēgou“guide”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 1:16… stomeu David peri Ioudou tou generantou hodēgou toi sullabarantoi Iēsun,… David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
hodēgois“guides”subjectnominative plural1×
Matthew 15:14afiēkavar autoin; tuflois alō hodēgois tufloiu; tuflos de tuflon ean hodēgateiō, …Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a …
hodēgoir“guides”direct addressvocative plural2×
Matthew 23:16Ouai vi, hodēgoir tufloir tois legarōntoir; Hos an omnuateia …Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by …
Matthew 23:24hodēgoir tufloir, tois diulizarōntoir ton kōnōpson tan …You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but …