Strong's Lexicon
G3809 — παιδεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3809 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παιδεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3811 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | paideia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pai-dei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. tutorage, i.e. education or training 2. (by implication) disciplinary correction |
| KJV Renderings: | chastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παιδεία (Tdf. παιδία; (see Iota)), παιδείας, ἡ, (παιδεύω), the Sept. for îåÌñÈø;
1. the whole training and education of children (which relates to the cultivation of mind and morals, and employs for this purpose now commands and admonitions, now reproof and punishment): Eph 6:4 (cf. Winers Grammar, 388 (363) note); (in Greek writings from Aeschylus on, it includes also the care and training of the body.) (See especially Trench, Synonyms, § xxxii.; cf. Jowett’s Plato, index under the word Education).
2. "whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, especially by correcting mistakes and curbing the passions "; hence,
a. instruction which aims at the increase of virtue: 2Ti 3:16.
b. according to Biblical usage chastisement, chastening (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment): Heb 12:5 (Pro 3:11), f (see ὑπομένω, 2 b.), ; (Pro 15:5, and often in the O. T.; cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 51; (cf. (Plato) definition παιδεία. δύναμις θεραπευτικη
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
παιδεία (chastening)
Ephesians 6:4
- KJV: And ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord
- GK: και οι πατέρες μη παροργίζετε τα τέκνα υμών αλλ΄ εκτρέφετε αυτά εν παιδεία και νουθεσία κυρίου
2 Timothy 3:16
- KJV: All scripture given by inspiration of God and profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for instruction in righteousness
- GK: πάσα γραφή θεόπνευστος και ωφέλιμος προς διδασκαλίαν προς έλεγχον προς επανόρθωσιν προς παιδείαν την εν δικαιοσύνη
Hebrews 12:5
- KJV: And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children My son despise not thou the chastening of the Lord nor faint when thou art rebuked of him
- GK: και εκλέλησθε της παρακλήσεως ήτις υμίν ως υιοίς διαλέγεται υιέ μου μη ολιγώρει παιδείας κυρίου μηδέ εκλύου υπ΄ αυτού ελεγχόμενος
Hebrews 12:7
- KJV: If ye endure chastening God dealeth with you as with sons for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not
- GK: ει παιδείαν υπομένετε ως υιοίς υμίν προσφέρεται ο θεός τις γαρ εστιν υιός ον ου παιδεύει πατήρ
Hebrews 12:8
- KJV: But if ye be without chastisement whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sons
- GK: ει δε χωρίς εστε παιδείας ης μέτοχοι γεγόνασι πάντες άρα νόθοι εστέ και ουχ υιοί
Hebrews 12:11
- KJV: Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised there by
- GK: πάσα δε παιδεία προς μεν το παρόν ου δοκεί χαράς είναι αλλά λύπης ύστερον δε καρπόν ειρηνικόν τοις δι΄ αυτής γεγυμνασμένοις αποδίδωσι δικαιοσύνης
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