Quick Definition
one who leads a helpless person by the hand
Strong's Definition
a hand-leader, i.e. personal conductor (of a blind person)
Derivation: from G5495 (χείρ) and a reduplicated form of G71 (ἄγω);
KJV Usage: some to lead by the hand
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χειραγωγός, χειραγωγον (χείρ and ἄγω), leading one by the hand: Act_13:11. (Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 48; Plutarch, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χειραγωγός cheiragōgos 1x
one who leads another by the hand, Act_13:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* χειρ -αγωγός , -όν
( <χείρ , ἄγω ),
leading by the hand . As subst ., ὁ χ ., one to lead by the head, a guide: Act_13:11 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χειραγωγός [page 687]
one who leads by the hand (Act. 13:11). For the subst. Preisigke ( Wφrterb. s.v. ) cites P Lond IV. 1349 .7 (A.D. 710) μετὰ ἐπιηκείας καὶ χειραγωγείας , and for χειραγώγιμος P Lond 220ii. 21 (B.C.133) (= II. p. 6).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χειραγωγός χειρ-α^γωγός, οῦ, ὁ, "one that leads by the hand, a leader, guide", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χειρ-αγωγός, -όν
(χείρ, ἄγω)
leading by the hand. As subst., ὁ χ., one to lead by the head, a guide: Act.13:11.†
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