ὁδηγέω

ὁδηγέω — hodēgéō

ὁδηγέω, 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, Mat 15:14; Luk 6:39; τινα ἐπί τί, Rev 7:17; (Aeschylus, Euripides, Diodorus, Alciphron, Babrius, others).

b. tropically, to be a guide or teacher; to give guidance to: τινα, Act 8:31 (Plutarch, mor. 954 b.); εἰς τήν ἀλήθειαν, Joh 16:13 (R G L Tr WH text (see below)) (ὁδήγησόν με ἐπί τήν ἀλήθειαν σου καί δίδαξόν με, Psa 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, Joh 16:13 T WH marginal reading (see above) (ὁδήγησόν με ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου καί πορεύσομαι ἐν τῇ ἀλήθεια σου, Psa 85:11; cf. Psalm 118:35; Wis 9:11 Wis 10:17).