Strong's Lexicon
G3811 — παιδεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3811 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παιδεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3816 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 13 |
| Transliteration: | paideuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pai-dyoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to train up a child, i.e. educate 2. (by implication) discipline (by punishment) |
| KJV Renderings: | chasten(-ise), instruct, learn, teach |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παιδεύω; imperfect ἐπαίδευον; 1 aorist participle παιδεύσας; passive, present παιδεύομαι; I aorist ἐπαιδεύθην; perfect participle πεπαιδευμένος; (παῖς); Sept for éÈñÇø;
1. as in classical Greek, properly, to train children: τινα with a dative of the thing in which one is instructed, in passive, σοφία (Winer’s Grammar, 221 (213) n.), Act 7:22 R G L WH (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 6) (γράμμασιν, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 4 at the end); ἐν σοφία, ibid. T Tr; τινα κατά ἀκρίβειαν, in passive, Act 22:3. passive, to be instructed or taught, to learn: followed by an infinitive, 1Ti 1:20; to cause one to learn: followed by ἵνα, Tit 2:12.
2. to chastise;
a. to chastise or castigate with words, to correct: of those who are moulding the character of others by reproof and admonition, 2Ti 2:25 (τινα παιδεύειν καί ῥυθμίζειν λόγῳ, Aelian v. h. 1, 34).
b. in Biblical and ecclesiastical use employed of God, to chasten by the infliction of evils and calamities (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 2, 1 b.): 1Co 11:32; 2Co 6:9; Heb 12:6; Rev 3:19 (Pro 19:18; Pro 29:17; Wis 3:5 Wis 11:10 (9); 2Ma 6:16 2Ma 10:4).
c. to chastise with blows, to scourge: of a father punishing a son, Heb 12:7,(); of a judge ordering one to be scourged, Luk 23:16; Luk 23:22 ((Deu 22:18)).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παιδεύω (chasten(-ise))
Luke 23:16
- KJV: I will therefore chastise him and release
- GK: παιδεύσας ουν αυτόν απολύσω
Luke 23:22
- KJV: And he said unto them the third time Why what evil hath he done I have found no cause of death in him I will therefore chastise him and let go
- GK: ο δε τρίτον είπε προς αυτούς τι γαρ κακόν εποίησεν ούτος ουδέν αίτιον θανάτου εύρον εν αυτώ παιδεύσας ουν αυτόν απολύσω
Acts 7:22
- KJV: And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds
- GK: και επαιδεύθη Μωυσής πάση σοφία Αιγυπτίων ην δε δυνατός εν λόγοις και εν έργοις
Acts 22:3
- KJV: I am verily a man a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers and was zealous toward God as ye all are this day
- GK: και φησίν εγώ μεν ειμι ανήρ Ιουδαίος γεγεννημένος εν Ταρσώ της Κιλικίας ανατεθραμμένος δε εν τη πόλει ταύτη παρά τους πόδας Γαμαλιήλ πεπαιδευμένος κατά ακρίβειαν του πατρώου νόμου ζηλωτής υπάρχων του θεού καθώς πάντες υμείς εστε σήμερον
1 Corinthians 11:32
- KJV: But when we are judged we are chastened of the Lord that we should not be condemned with the world
- GK: κρινόμενοι δε υπό του κυρίου παιδευόμεθα ίνα μη συν τω κόσμω κατακριθώμεν
2 Corinthians 6:9
- KJV: As unknown and well known as dying and behold we live as chastened and not killed
- GK: ως αγνοούμενοι και επιγινωσκόμενοι ως αποθνήσκοντες και ιδού ζώμεν ως παιδευόμενοι και μη θανατούμενοι
1 Timothy 1:20
- KJV: Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander whom I have delivered unto Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme
- GK: ων εστιν Υμέναιος και Αλέξανδρος ους παρέδωκα τω σατανά ίνα παιδευθώσι μη βλασφημείν
2 Timothy 2:25
- KJV: In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth
- GK: εν πραότητι παιδεύοντα τους αντιδιατιθεμένους μηποτέ δω αυτοίς ο θεός μετάνοιαν εις επίγνωσιν αληθείας
Titus 2:12
- KJV: Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world
- GK: παιδεύουσα ημάς ίνα αρνησάμενοι την ασέβειαν και τας κοσμικάς επιθυμίας σωφρόνως και δικαίως και ευσεβώς ζήσωμεν εν τω νυν αιώνι
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