noun · masculine
kathēgētos
Greekκαθηγητής (kathēgētēs)
Strong’sG2519
a leader, teacher, guide
stem kathēgēt-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* καθηγητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< καθηγέομαι, to go before, guide),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2519 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kathēgētos1×καθηγητὴς | kathēgētois1×καθηγηταί |
| object accusative | kathēgēton | kathēgētoin |
| direct address vocative | kathēgētor | kathēgētoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kathēgētou | kathēgētoiu |
| to, for dative | kathēgēto | kathēgētoi |
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
kathēgēto 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
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
kathēgētos“teacher”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 23:10“teacher”mēde kaliveia kathēgētois, hoti kathēgētos vu atō henos tos christos;Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
kathēgētois“instructors”subjectnominative plural1×
Matthew 23:10“instructors”mēde kaliveia kathēgētois, hoti kathēgētos vu atō henos tos christos;Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.