Strong's Greek: 2519. καθηγητής (kathégétés) -- Teacher, Leader, Guide

Strong's Lexicon

kathégétés: Teacher, Leader, Guide

Original Word: καθηγητής
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kathégétés
Pronunciation: kath-ay-gay-TACE
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ayg-ay-tace')
Definition: Teacher, Leader, Guide
Meaning: a leader, teacher, guide, master.

Word Origin: From κατά (kata, meaning "down" or "against") and ἡγέομαι (hēgeomai, meaning "to lead" or "to guide")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kathégétés," similar concepts can be found in Hebrew words like מוֹרֶה (moreh, meaning "teacher") and נָחָה (nachah, meaning "to guide" or "to lead").

Usage: The term "kathégétés" refers to someone who acts as a teacher or guide, providing instruction and leadership. In the New Testament, it is used to describe those who hold a position of authority in teaching or guiding others, particularly in spiritual or religious contexts.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, teachers and guides held significant roles in society, often associated with philosophers, religious leaders, and educators. They were responsible for imparting knowledge, wisdom, and moral guidance. In Jewish culture, rabbis and scribes were seen as authoritative teachers of the Law. The term "kathégétés" would have resonated with early Christian communities as they navigated the integration of Jewish traditions and Greco-Roman influences.

HELPS Word-studies

2519 kathēgētḗs (from 2596 /katá "down" and 2233 /hēgéomai, "to lead") – properly, a leader; someone bringing others "down the road of learning" by giving needed instruction; a master-teacher. (In Modern Greek this term refers to a "professor," Abbott-Smith.)

[2519 (kathēgētḗs) is used of an educator-facilitator in Dionysius, Thucudides, Plato, Aristotle; cf. Abbott-Smith.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from kata and hégeomai
Definition
a teacher
NASB Translation
leader (1), leaders (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2519: καθηγητής

καθηγητής, καθηγητου, ὁ (καθηγέομαι to go before, lead);

a. properly, a guide: Numen. quoted in Ath. 7, p. 313 d. b. a master, teacher: Matthew 23:8 R G, 10. (Dionysius Halicarnassus jud. de Thucydides 3, 4; several times in Plutarch (cf. Wetstein (1752) on Matthew, the passage cited.))

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

master, teacher

From a compound of kata and hegeomai; a guide, i.e. (figuratively) a teacher -- master.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK hegeomai

Forms and Transliterations

καθηγηται καθηγηταί καθηγητης καθηγητής καθηγητὴς kathegetai kathegetaí kathēgētai kathēgētaí kathegetes kathegetḕs kathēgētēs kathēgētḕs

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