Greek noun (feminine) · G3809
παιδεία
paideiapahee-di'-ah
the rearing of a child (Æsch.).; training, learning, instruction; As in LXX
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: paideía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3809is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3809
tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction
The King James renders it: chastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
paideia is rendered "the rearing of a child (Æsch.).; training, learning, instruction; As in LXX". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "the rearing of a child (Æsch.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4παιδείᾳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's six uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: the rearing of a child (Æsch.)., and training, learning, instruction, and As in LXX.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| the rearing of a child (Æsch.). | Tagged as
| WhereEphesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead… |
| training, learning, instruction | Tagged as
| WhereEphesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead… |
| As in LXXPro.3:11 15:5 | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereProverbs 3:11My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- παιδείαν2
- παιδείας2
- παιδεία1
- παιδείᾳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular2N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Ephesians
one use
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- παιδείᾳpaideianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: discipline
2 Timothy
one use
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
- παιδείανpaideiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: training
Hebrews
four uses
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- παιδείαςpaideiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: discipline
Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
- παιδείανpaideiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: discipline
If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
- παιδείαςpaideiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of discipline
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
- παιδείαpaideianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: discipline
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.