ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑΝ, παιδειαν
PAIDEIAN, paideian
Sounds Like: py-DEH-yah
Translations: discipline, instruction, training, correction, punishment, a discipline, an instruction
From the root: ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the training and education of children, which often includes correction and discipline. It encompasses the entire process of moral and intellectual development, aiming to shape character and behavior. It can be used in contexts referring to both positive instruction and corrective punishment.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3809 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:24
Clement of Rome
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 19:129
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 0:10
- Book 2 — 4:39
- Book 4 — 7:165, 8:261
- Book 10 — 10:194
- Book 16 — 7:203
- Book 17 — 6:149
- Book 18 — 6:206
- Book 19 — 2:164
- Book 20 — 3:71, 12:263
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 22:9
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Beta) — 7:26
- 4 Maccabees — 10:10
- Psalms of Solomon — 10:2, 14:1, 16:13
- Proverbs — 1:2, 1:7, 1:8, 4:1, 5:12, 8:10, 12:1, 16:3, 16:17, 19:17, 19:24, 23:12, 24:47
- Job — 20:3, 37:13
- Wisdom — 3:11
- Sirach — 0:8, 8:8, 9:1, 16:25, 18:14, 23:2, 23:7, 24:27, 24:32, 30:26, 36:4, 39:8, 41:14, 50:27, 51:16, 51:26, 51:28
- Jeremiah — 2:30, 5:3, 7:28, 17:23, 37:14, 39:33
- Amos — 3:7
- Habakkuk — 1:12
- Zephaniah — 3:7
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 6 — 3:6
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 9:10
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Timothy — 3:16
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
- ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ — discipline, instruction, training, education, correction, chastening, a discipline, an instruction
- ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑΙ — disciplines, instructions, trainings, educations, nurtures
- 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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