Quick Definition
παιδεία, ας, ἡ n.f. discipline
Strong's Definition
from 3811; tutorage, i.e. education or training; by implication, disciplinary correction
KJV Usage: chastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | παίζω
33.226 · Communication · Teach
to teach, to instruct, to train, teaching, instruction to provide instruction, with the intent of forming proper habits of behavior
36.10 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Discipline, Train
to discipline, to train, discipline, training to train someone in accordance with proper rules of conduct and behavior
1 παιδεύω[a] and παιδεία[a] (33.226) differ in meaning from νουθετέω[a] and νουθεσία[a] (33.231) and from ἐντρέφω (33.242). παιδεύω[a] and παιδεία[a] focus upon the forming of proper habits of behavior, while νουθετέω[a] and νουθεσία[a] focus upon instruction in correct behavior. ἐντρέφω appears to focus more on continuous instruction and training in the areas of skill and practical knowledge.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παιδεία (Tdf. -ia; [see I, ¢]), -as, ἧ, (παιδεύω), Sept. for 403; 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): Eph. vi. 4 [ef W. 388 (363) note]; (in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. on, it includes also the care and training of the body.) [See esp. Trench, Syn. § xxxii.; cf. Jowett’s Plato, index s. v. Education ]. 2. whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, esp. by correcting mistakes and curbing the passions ; hence a. instruction which aims at the increase of virtue: 2 Tim. iii. 16. b. ace. to bibl. usage chastisement, chastening, (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment): Heb. xii. 5 (Prov. iii. 11), 7 sq. [see ὑπομένω, 2 b.], 11; (Prov. xv. 5, and often in the O. T.; cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap. p- 51; [ef. (Plat.) defin. παιδεία - δύναμις θεραπευτικὴ Woxis])-
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παιδεία paideia 6x
education, training up, nurture of children, Eph. 6:4; instruction, discipline, 2 Tim. 3:16; in NT correction, chastisement, Heb. 12:5, 7, 8, 11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παιδεία (-ία, T), -ας, ἡ
(< παιδεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מוּסָר;]
the rearing of a child (Æsch.).
training, learning, instruction (Plat., al.): Eph 6:4, II Ti 3:16.
As in LXX (Pr 3:11 15:5, al.), chastening, discipline: He 12:5(LXX), 7, 8, 11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παιδεία. The idea of “discipline” is uppermost in the NT occurrences of this word (Eph 64, 2 Tim 318, Heb 1257812), but also for the more general sense of ‘‘ training,” ‘* education,” both on the intellectual and moral sides, exx. can be freely quoted from the papyri, as BGU IV. 11408 (B.c. 4) τῷ πατρὶ [τῆ]ς ἀρεσκούσης παιδείας, P Oxy II. 26524 (A.D. 81-95) τὴν πρέϊπουσαν ἐλευθέροις παισὶ παιδείαν, and from the inserr., as Sy// 523 (=% 578)® (ii/B.c.) τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἐπιδοθὲν.... εἰς τὴν παιδείαν τῶν ἐλευθέρων παίδων, and 26.8 836° (A.D. 125-7) ἀνὴρ ἤθει καὶ παιδείᾳ διαφέρων. A Laconian inscr. in Ann. Br, Sch. at Athens xii. p. 460 honours a boy κ[οσμι]ότατος καὶ παιδείας ἕνεκα (τευ τε ζῥα εἰς causa (Ed.)): cf. C/G I. 13763 ἤθει τε φιλοσόφῳ καὶ παιδί εἰία καὶ τοῖς λόγοις διαφέροντα τῶν ἡλίκων, and 172. 1375 where παιδεία is joined with σωφροσύνη. See also Kurbel 152% (ii/B.c.) ὥς τε μάλιστα παιδείᾳ πινυτῇ καὶ σοφίῃ μελόμην. ’΄ παιδευτής, κ“εὰ teacher” ; used of God in LXX Hos 52, and ot man in Rom 2*°: cf. Sy// 30615 (= 67219) (B.c. 162-0) ὅπως . οἱ μισθοὶ τοῖς παιδευταῖς εὐτακτέωνται κτλ. and 2) ,εἷsighe 59415 (A.D. 509) παιδευτῇ ᾿Εἰλληνικῶν λόγων ἐλευθερίων. In late papyri παίδευσις came to be used as a title, e.g. P Oxy VIII. 11651 (vi/A.p.) ἔδει τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀδελφικὴν Aa]prpdv παίδευσιν ἀντιποιηθῆναι τῆς εὐτελείας μου, “your fraternal, illustrious learnedness ought to have helped my insignificance” (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παιδεία (paideia) — discipline. παιδεία, ἡ, rearing of a child, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. training and teaching, education, opposed to τροφή, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. its result, mental culture, learning, education, ἡ π. εὐτυχοῦσι κόσμος, ἀτυχοῦσι καταφύγιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, parts or systems of education, [Refs]
4. culture of trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
5. πλεκτὰν Αἰγύπτου παιδείαν ἐξηρτήσασθε the twisted handiwork of Egypt, i.e. (accusative to Scholia) ropes of papyrus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. anything taught or learned, art, science, π. ἱερή, of medicine, [Refs]
7. chastisement, [LXX+NT]
II. youth, childhood, παιδείης πολυήρατον ἄνθος [Refs 6th c.BC+]
II.2. in collective sense, body of youths, παιδείας λιπαρὴς ὄχλος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]