noun · masculine
paideutos
Greekπαιδευτής (paideutēs)
Strong’sG3810
an instructor
stem paideut-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
παιδευτής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< παιδεύω), [in LXX: Ho 5:2 (מוּסָר), Si 37:19, IV Mac 5:34 9:6*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3810 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpahee-dyoo-tace'
a trainer, i.e. teacher or (by implication) discipliner
Fromfrom G3811;
King Jameswhich corrected, instructor.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | paideutos | paideutois |
| object accusative | paideuton1×παιδευτὴν | paideutoin1×παιδευτὰς |
| direct address vocative | paideutor | paideutoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | paideutou | paideutoiu |
| to, for dative | paideuto | paideutoi |
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
paideuto 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
paideuton“instructor”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 2:20“instructor”paideuton afrōnoiu, didaskalon nēpioiu, echarōton tan morfōsian tau gnōsiau kai tau alētheiau en to nomoan instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth —
paideutoin“who disciplined”objectaccusative plural1×
Hebrews 12:9“who disciplined”eita toin men tau sarxau nu patēroin echane paideutoin kai entrepine; ouk pollem mallon hupotassini to patēro teiu pneumeiu kai zōani?Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?