STRONGS G3811:
παιδεύω; imperfect
ἐπαίδευον; 1 aorist participle
παιδεύσας; passive, present
παιδεύομαι; I aorist
ἐπαιδεύθην; perfect participle
πεπαιδευμένος; (
παῖς); Sept for
יָסַר;
1. as in classical Greek, properly,
to train children:
τινα with a dative of the thing in which one is instructed, in passive,
σοφία (
Winer's Grammar, 221 (213) n.),
Acts 7:22 R G L WH (cf.
Buttmann, § 134, 6) (
γράμμασιν,
Josephus, contra Apion 1, 4 at the end);
ἐν σοφία, ibid.
T Tr;
τινα κατά ἀκρίβειαν, in passive,
Acts 22:3. passive,
to be instructed or
taught, to learn: followed by an infinitive,
1 Timothy 1:20;
to cause one to learn: followed by
ἵνα,
Titus 2:12.
2. to chastise;
a. to chastise or castigate with words, to correct: of those who are moulding the character of others by reproof and admonition,
2 Timothy 2:25 (
τινα παιδεύειν καί ῥυθμίζειν λόγῳ,
Aelian v. h. 1, 34).
b. in Biblical and ecclesiastical use employed of God,
to chasten by the infliction of evils and calamities (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 2, 1 b.):
1 Corinthians 11:32;
2 Corinthians 6:9;
Hebrews 12:6;
Revelation 3:19 (
Proverbs 19:18;
Proverbs 29:17; Wis. 3:5 Wis. 11:10 (9); 2 Macc. 6:16 2Macc. 10:4).
c. to chastise with blows, to scourge: of a father punishing a son,
Hebrews 12:7,(
Hebrews 12:10); of a judge ordering one to be scourged,
Luke 23:16,
22 ((
Deuteronomy 22:18)).
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