G3809Greekpaideían
παιδείαν
tutorage, i.e., education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction
6
Total Occurrences
3
Books
0
Old Testament
6
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1the 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), the training and care of the body
- 2instruction which aims at increasing virtue
- 3chastisement, chastening, (of the evils with which god visits men for their amendment)
- 4whatever in adults also cultivates the soul (especially by correcting mistakes and curbing passions)
Etymology & Derivation
from g3811