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G5497 χειραγωγός (cheiragōgós)
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Quick Definition

χειραγωγός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. one who leads a helpless person by the hand

Strong's Definition

from 5495 and a reduplicated form of 71; a hand-leader, i.e. personal conductor (of a blind person)

KJV Usage: some to lead by the hand

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -οῦ | χείρ + ἄγω

15.185 · Linear Movement · Lead, Bring, Take

a guide, one who leads by the hand (derivative of χειραγωγέω ‘to lead by the hand,’ 15.184) a person who leads another by the hand

ACT 13:11

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

χειραγωγός cheiragōgos 1x

one who leads another by the hand, Acts 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: Ac 13:11.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

χειραγωγός, “one who leads by the hand” (Ac 131}. For the subst. Preisigke (Worterd. s.v.) cites P Lond IV. 13497 (A.D. 710) pera ἐπιηκείας kal xetpaywyelas, and for χειραγώγιμος P Lond 22oii. 51 (B.c. 133) (= 11. p. 6).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

χειραγωγός (cheiragōgos) — guide. χειρᾰγωγ-ός, όν, leading, guiding, χ. ἀρχή [Refs]

2. substantive, leader, guide, ἔχει.. χ. τὸν πλοῦτον ὁ γέρων [NT+4th c.BC+]; θεοῖς ἕπεσθαι χειραγωγοῖς ἡγούμενοι [Refs 4th c.AD+]

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