noun · feminine
paideias
Strong’sG3809
discipline
stem paidei-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
παιδεία (-ία, T), -ας, ἡ
(< παιδεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מוּסָר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3809 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpahee-di'-ah
tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction
Fromfrom G3811;
King Jameschastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
rearing of a child, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 training and teaching, education, opposed to τροφή, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 its result, mental culture, learning, education, ἡ π. εὐτυχοῦσι κόσμος, ἀτυχοῦσι καταφύγιον Refs 5th c.BC+: in plural, parts or systems of education, Refs
4 culture of trees, Refs 4th c.BC+
5 πλεκτὰν Αἰγύπτου παιδείαν ἐξηρτήσασθε the twisted handiwork of Egypt, i.e. (accusative to Scholia) ropes of papyrus, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 anything taught or learned, art, science, π. ἱερή, of medicine, Refs
7 chastisement, LXX+NT
II youth, childhood, παιδείης πολυήρατον ἄνθος Refs 6th c.BC+
II.2 in collective sense, body of youths, παιδείας λιπαρὴς ὄχλος Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | paideias1×παιδεία | paideiais |
| object accusative | paideian2×παιδείαν | paideiain |
| direct address vocative | paideiar | paideiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | paideiau2×παιδείας | paideiaiu |
| to, for dative | paideia1×παιδείᾳ | paideiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
paideia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
paideias“discipline”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 12:11pantas de paideias pros men tem pareiarōntem ouk dokatō …No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but …
paideian“training”objectaccusative singular2×
2 Timothy 3:16… didaskalian, pros elegmon, pros epanorthōsian, pros paideian tan en dikaiosuna,… for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Hebrews 12:7eis paideian hupomenavō; hōs huioi vi prosferotō tos …Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons …
paideiau“discipline”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Hebrews 12:5… huioi dialegotō, Huior mu, mē oligōrasōr paideiau kuriou, mēde ekluosōr hupo autou elenchorōntos;… son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not …
Hebrews 12:8ei de chōris avō paideiau hau metochois genalē pantois, ara nothois …If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are …
paideia“discipline”to, fordative singular1×
Ephesians 6:4… tekneim vu, alla ektrefavōr auteim en paideia kai nouthesia kuriou.… instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.