Quick Definition
an instructor
Strong's Definition
a trainer, i.e. teacher or (by implication) discipliner
Derivation: from G3811 (παιδεύω);
KJV Usage: which corrected, instructor
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παιδευτής, παιδευτου, ὁ (παιδεύω);
1. an instructor, preceptor, teacher: Rom_2:20 (Sir_37:19; 4Ma_5:34; Plato, legg. 7, p. 811 d., etc.; Plutarch, Lycurgus,
c. 12, etc.; (Diogenes Laërtius 7, 7).
2. a chastiser: Heb_12:9 (Hos_5:2; Psalt. Psa_8:1-9; Psa_35:1-28).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παιδευτής paideutēs 2x
a preceptor, instructor, teacher, pr. of boys; genr. Rom_2:20 ; in NT a chastiser, Heb_12:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παιδευτής , -οῦ , ὁ
( < παιδεύω ),
[in LXX : Hos_5:2 ( H4148 ), Sir_37:19 , 4Ma_5:34 ; 4Ma_9:6 * ;]
1. prop ., a teacher, instructor: Rom_2:20 .
2. a corrector, one who disciplines ( cf. Ho, l.c .) : Heb_12:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παιδευτής [page 474]
a teacher used of God in LXX Hos_5:2 , and or man in Rom_2:20 : cf. Syll 306 .15 (= .3 672 .10 ) (B.C. 162 0) ὅπως . . . οἱ μισθοὶ τοῖς παιδευταῖς εὐτακτέωνται κτλ . and Preisigke 5941 .2 (A.D. 509) παιδευτῇ Ἑλληνικῶν λόγων ἐλευθερίων . In late papyri παίδευσις came to be used as a title, e.g. P Oxy VIII. 1165 .1 (vi/A.D.) ἔδει̣ τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀδελφικὴν λ [α ]μπρὰν παίδευσιν ἀντιποιηθῆναι τῆς εὐτελείας μου , your fraternal, illustrious learnedness ought to have helped my insignificance (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παιδευτής παιδευτής, οῦ, ὁ, [Etym: παιδεύω] "a teacher, instructor, preceptor", Plat. "a corrector, chastiser", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παιδευτής, -οῦ, ὁ
(παιδεύω), [in LXX: Hos.5:2 (מוּסָר), Sir.37:19, 4Ma.5:34 4Mac 9:6 * ;]
__1. prop., a teacher, instructor: Rom.2:20.
__2. a corrector, one who disciplines (cf. Ho, l.with) : Heb.12:9.†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Corrector (3810) paideutes
Corrector (3810) (paideutes from paideuo = instruct, correct, chastise from paÃs = child) refers to one who disciplines and corrects by punishment or provides instruction for the purpose of proper behavior. The idea is that of an instructor, trainer, corrector, discipliner, preceptor. This word group related to paideuo (word study) denotes the upbringing and handling of the child which is growing up to maturity and which thus needs direction, teaching, instruction and a certain measure of compulsion in the form of discipline or even chastisement.
Wuest adds that paideutes is...
The word was used by the Greeks of a slave who had charge of a young child, taking him to school and bringing him home again. He had the moral and ethical supervision of the child also. Our word, “pedagogue” comes from this word. The word is used here of a corrector or chastizer as in Hebrews 12:9. (Wuest, K. S. Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament: Studies in the Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans)
The only other use of paideutes is in Hebrews...
Hebrews 12:9 (see notes) Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?
The Septuagint (LXX) has one use in Hosea
And the revolters have gone deep in depravity, but I will chastise (Heb = muwcar = discipline, correction; Lxx = paideutes) all of them. (Ho 5:2)