Strong's Concordance paideia: the rearing of a child, training, discipline Original Word: παιδεία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paideia Phonetic Spelling: (pahee-di'-ah) Short Definition: discipline Definition: discipline; training and education of children, hence: instruction; chastisement, correction. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3809 paideía (from 3811 /paideúō, see there) – properly, instruction that trains someone to reach full development (maturity). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3809: παιδείαπαιδεία (Tdf. παιδία; (see Iota)), παιδείας, ἡ, (παιδεύω), the Sept. for מוּסָר; 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): Ephesians 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: 2 Timothy 3:16. b. according to Biblical usage chastisement, chastening (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment): Hebrews 12:5 (Proverbs 3:11), From paideuo; tutorage, i.e. Education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction -- chastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture. see GREEK paideuo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 38096 Occurrences παιδείᾳ — 2 Occ. παιδείαν — 2 Occ. παιδείας — 2 Occ. Ephesians 6:4 N-DFS GRK: αὐτὰ ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ NAS: but bring them up in the discipline and instruction KJV: up in the nurture and admonition INT: them in [the] discipline and admonition 2 Timothy 3:16 N-AFS Hebrews 12:5 N-GFS Hebrews 12:7 N-AFS Hebrews 12:8 N-GFS Hebrews 12:11 N-NFS |