Word Summary
hodēgeō: to lead, guide, teach
Original Word: ὁδηγέωTransliteration: hodēgeō
Phonetic Spelling: (hod-ayg-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lead, guide, teach
Meaning: to lead, guide, teach
Strong's Concordance
guide, lead.
From hodegos; to show the way (literally or figuratively (teach)) -- guide, lead.
see GREEK hodegos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3594: ὁδηγέωὁδηγέω,
ὁδήγω; future
ὁδηγήσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular
ὁδηγήσῃ; (
ὁδηγός, which see); the
Sept. chiefly for
נָחָה, also for
הִדְרִיך,
הולִיך, etc.;
a. properly, to be a guide, lead on one's way, to guide: τινα, Matthew 15:14; Luke 6:39; τινα ἐπί τί, Revelation 7:17; (Aeschylus, Euripides, Diodorus, Alciphron, Babrius, others).
b. tropically, to be a guide or teacher; to give guidance to: τινα, Acts 8:31 (Plutarch, mor. 954 b.); εἰς τήν ἀλήθειαν, John 16:13 (R G L Tr WH text (see below)) (ὁδήγησόν με ἐπί τήν ἀλήθειαν σου καί δίδαξόν με, Psalm 24:5 () (followed by εἰς and πρός in the Teaching of the Apostles, chapter 3 [ET])); followed by ἐν, with the dative of the thing in which one gives guidance, instruction or assistance to another, ἐν τῇ ἀλήθεια, John 16:13 T WH marginal reading (see above) (ὁδήγησόν με ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου καί πορεύσομαι ἐν τῇ ἀλήθεια σου, Psalm 85:11 (); cf. Psalm 118:35 (); Wis. 9:11 Wis. 10:17).