to guide
hodegeo denotes directing someone onward, whether a person needs a guide or is led toward a stated destination.
The attested use concerns directing people onward: a guide is needed by someone unable to proceed alone, while other clauses describe leading people toward truth or toward springs of life.
Senses in use
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Directing people onward · dominant
In Acts 8:31, the future form occurs in a question about needing someone to guide the speaker; in Luke 6:39 and Matthew 15:14, present forms describe one blind person attempting to lead another, with both falling into a pit. The future form also marks guidance toward stated ends: in John 16:13 the APB renders guidance "in all truth," and in Revelation 7:17 it renders guidance "to springs of the water of life."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "guides," "guide," and "leads" across these clauses. These renderings confirm the verses' direction-and-leading context rather than establish separate meanings.