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Lexicon :: Strong's G3809 - paideia

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παιδεία
Transliteration
paideia (Key)
Pronunciation
pahee-di'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:596,753

Trench's Synonyms: xxxii. παιδεία, νουθεσία.

Strong’s Definitions

παιδεία paideía, pahee-di'-ah; from G3811; tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction:—chastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3809 in the following manner: chastening (3x), nurture (1x), instruction (1x), chastisement (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3809 in the following manner: chastening (3x), nurture (1x), instruction (1x), chastisement (1x).

  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) It also includes the training and care of the body

  2. whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, esp. by correcting mistakes and curbing passions.

    1. instruction which aims at increasing virtue

    2. chastisement, chastening, (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παιδεία paideía, pahee-di'-ah; from G3811; tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction:—chastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture.
STRONGS G3809:
παιδεία (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), Hebrews 12:7f (see ὑπομένω, 2 b.), Hebrews 12:11; (Proverbs 15:5, and often in the O. T.; cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 51; (cf. (Plato) definition παιδεία. δύναμις θεραπευτικη
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
3:11; 15:5
Ephesians
6:4
2 Timothy
3:16
Hebrews
12:5; 12:7; 12:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3809 matches the Greek παιδεία (paideia),
which occurs 51 times in 49 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2 - Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the LORD your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:13 - He brings the clouds to punish people, or to water his earth and show his love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 - Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:35 - You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:17 - You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 - Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:2 - for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools[fn] despise wisdom and instruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:1 - Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 - Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18 - Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 - A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:33 - Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the LORD, and humility comes before honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:20 - Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:12 - Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32 - I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1 - These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 - LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:4 - The Sovereign LORD has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:5 - The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears; I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:5 - But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - “In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - “When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - Yet they did not listen or pay attention; they were stiff-necked and would not listen or respond to discipline.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:33 - They turned their backs to me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:13 - “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘Will you not learn a lesson and obey my words?’ declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:7 - Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12 - LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, you[fn] will never die. You, LORD, have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - Of Jerusalem I thought, ‘Surely you will fear me and accept correction!’ Then her place of refuge[fn] would not be destroyed, nor all my punishments come upon[fn] her. But they were still eager to act corruptly in all they did.
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