ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ, παιδεια
PAIDEIA, paideia
Sounds Like: pai-DEI-ah
Translations: discipline, instruction, training, education, correction, chastening, a discipline, an instruction
From the root: ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the process of training, educating, or disciplining someone, often with the aim of moral or intellectual improvement. It can encompass both positive instruction and corrective punishment, much like the English word 'discipline'. It is used to describe the upbringing and guidance of children, as well as the spiritual training or correction from God.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3809 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 16:5
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 9:11
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 39:196
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 1:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms of Solomon — 8:32, 10:3, 13:6, 13:8, 13:9
- Proverbs — 6:23, 10:17, 13:18, 15:10, 16:4, 16:22, 17:8
- Sirach — 1:27, 4:24, 21:19, 21:21, 22:6, 23:7, 30:33, 44:4
- Ezekiel — 13:9
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:20
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 2 — 3:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Ephesians — 6:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΕΙΑΣ — of discipline, of instruction, of training, of education, of correction
- ΙΔΕΙΑΣ — of instruction, of discipline, of training, of correction, of chastening
- ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑΙ — disciplines, instructions, trainings, educations, nurtures
- ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑΝ — discipline, instruction, training, correction, punishment, a discipline, an instruction
- ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑΣ — of training, of instruction, of discipline, of correction, of education, of nurture
- ΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΙΑΣ — (of) instruction, (of) discipline, (of) training, (of) education, (of) chastening, (of) correction
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