παιδεία (
Tdf. παιδία; (see Iota)),
παιδείας,
ἡ, (
παιδεύω), the
Sept. for
מוּסָר;
1. the whole training and education of children (which relates to the cultivation of mind and morals, and employs for this purpose now commands and admonitions, now reproof and punishment):
Ephesians 6:4 (cf. Winers Grammar, 388 (363) note); (in Greek writings from Aeschylus on, it includes also the care and training of the body.) (See especially Trench, Synonyms, § xxxii.; cf. Jowett's Plato, index under the word Education).
2. "whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, especially by correcting mistakes and curbing the passions "; hence,
a. instruction which aims at the increase of virtue: 2 Timothy 3:16.
b. according to Biblical usage chastisement, chastening (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment): Hebrews 12:5 (Proverbs 3:11), Hebrews 12:7f (see ὑπομένω, 2 b.), Hebrews 12:11; (Proverbs 15:5, and often in the O. T.; cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 51; (cf. (Plato) definition παιδεία. δύναμις θεραπευτικη
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Proverbs
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3:11; 15:5
- Ephesians
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6:4
- 2 Timothy
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3:16
- Hebrews
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12:5; 12:7; 12:11
