UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: guardian, leader, guide

Semantic entry: 36.5

Semantic domains: Guide, Discipline, Follow

Subdomains: Guide, Lead

Definition: a person who guides, directs, and shows concern for

Notes: It may be difficult to render appropriately ἐπίτροπος [source selector 000001][b] and παιδαγωγός with a combined meaning of guiding and caring for. It may, in fact, be necessary in some instances to use two verbal expressions, for example, ‘to guide and to help’ or ‘to help by leading’ or ‘to care for by leading.’|In classical times, a παιδαγωγός was a man, usually a slave, whose task it was to conduct a boy to and from school and to supervise and direct his general conduct. He was not a teacher.