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To instruct

παιδεύωStrong’s G3811

paideuō

Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament

In short

Paideuō is the Greek word usually translated “having chastised”, “disciplines” and “was instructed”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.

“Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.”
1 Timothy 1:20 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having chastised”, “disciplines” and “was instructed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having chastised 2
  • disciplines 2
  • was instructed 1
  • instructed 1
  • we are disciplined 1
  • being disciplined 1
  • they may be disciplined 1
  • disciplining 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 3
  • Luke 2
  • Acts 2
  • 1 Corinthians 1
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • 1 Timothy 1

9 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 13 verses, by book
Acts 2
7:2222:3
1 Corinthians 1
11:32
2 Corinthians 1
6:9
1 Timothy 1
1:20
2 Timothy 1
2:25
Titus 1
2:12
Hebrews 3
12:612:712:10
Revelation 1
3:19
Greek dictionary

παιδεύω paideuō · to instruct

παιδεύω (παίς), [in LXX chiefly for יָסַר ;] 1. as in cl., to train children, hence, generally, to teach, instruct: Act.7:22 22:3, 1Ti.1:20, Tit.2:12. 2. As in LXX (Psa.6:2, Pro.19:18, Wis.3:5, al., and for prob. ex. from π., see MM, xviii), to chasten, correct, chastise: Luk.23:16, 22, 2Ti.2:25, Heb.12:7, 10; of divine chastening, 1Co.11:32, 2Co.6:9, Heb.12:6, Rev.3:19.† SYN.: διδάσκω, q.v (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “discipline” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DISCIPLINE, noun

[Latin, to learn.]

  1. Education; instruction; cultivation and improvement, comprehending instruction in arts, sciences, correct sentiments, morals and manners, and due subordination to authority.
  2. Instruction and government, comprehending the communication of knowledge and the regulation of practice; as military discipline which includes instruction in manual exercise, evolutions and subordination.
  3. Rule of government; method of regulating principles and practice; as the discipline prescribed for the church.
  4. Subjection to laws, rules, order, precepts or regulations; as, the troops are under excellent discipline; the passions should be kept under strict discipline
All definitions and other forms of “discipline”
  1. Correction; chastisement; punishment intended to correct crimes or errors; as the discipline of the strap.
  2. In ecclesiastical affairs, the execution of the laws by which the church is governed, and infliction of the penalties enjoined against offenders, who profess the religion of Jesus Christ.
  3. Chastisement or bodily punishment inflicted on a delinquent in the Romish Church; or that chastisement or external mortification which a religious person inflicts on himself.

DISCIPLINE, verb transitive

  1. To instruct or educate; to inform the mind; to prepare by instructing in correct principles and habits; as, to discipline youth for a profession, or for future usefulness.
  2. To instruct and govern; to teach rules and practice, and accustom to order and subordination; as, to discipline troops or an army.
  3. To correct; to chastise; to punish.
  4. To execute the laws of the church on offenders, with a view to bring them to repentance and reformation of life.
  5. To advance and prepare by instruction.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.