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
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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+]
