What does ὁδηγός (hodēgós) mean in the Bible?
ὁδηγός (hodēgós): One who actively leads others along a path, especially toward spiritual truth or moral direction.
Greek · G3595
ὁδηγός
A conductor (literally or figuratively (teacher))
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ὁδηγός G3595
Pronunciation hodēgós
What does ὁδηγός (hodēgós) mean in the Bible?
ὁδηγός (hodēgós): One who actively leads others along a path, especially toward spiritual truth or moral direction.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3595?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include guides (3), a guide (2).
Where does ὁδηγός (hodēgós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), Acts (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It guides 3× Matthew 15:14, Matthew 23:16, Matthew 23:24
a guide 2× Acts 1:16, Romans 2:19
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 15:14 ὁδηγοί to guides Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 23:16 ὁδηγοὶ to guides Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Matthew 23:24 ὁδηγοὶ to guides Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Acts 1:16 ὁδηγοῦ to a guide Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Romans 2:19 ὁδηγὸν to a guide Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 15:14
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 3 Acts 1 Romans 1
Source forms
ὁδηγοὶ 2x hodēgoi Matthew 23:16, Matthew 23:24
ὁδηγοί 1x hodēgoi Matthew 15:14
ὁδηγὸν 1x hodēgon Romans 2:19
ὁδηγοῦ 1x hodēgou Acts 1:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 23:16, Matthew 23:24
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Romans 2:19
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Acts 1:16
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 15:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who actively leads others along a path, especially toward spiritual truth or moral direction.
Strong's G3595
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a conductor (literally or figuratively (teacher))
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who actively leads others along a path, especially toward spiritual truth or moral direction.
(ὁδός, ἡγέομαι) [in LXX : Est.8:1, Wis.7:15 18:3, 1Ma.4:2, 2Ma.5:15 * ;] a leader on the way, a guide: Act.1:16. Fig., ὁ. τυφλῶν, Rom.2:19; pl., Mat.15:14 23:16, 24.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:14 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ὁδηγοί odhgoi
a leader, guide
Read verse Matthew 23:16 Noun Plural Masculine
ὁδηγοὶ odhgoi
a leader, guide
Read verse Matthew 23:24 Noun Plural Masculine
ὁδηγοὶ odhgoi
a leader, guide
Read verse Acts 1:16 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ὁδηγοῦ odhgou
a leader, guide
Read verse Romans 2:19 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ὁδηγὸν odhgon
a leader, guide
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Vocative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 1:16 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rom 2:19 1×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:16 · Matt 23:24 2×
Word Origins
ὁδηγός is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain