G3809
παιδεία
discipline
παιδεία (-ία, Τ), -ας, ἡ (παιδεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מוּסָר ;] __1. the rearing of a child (Æsch.). __2. training, learning, instruction (Plat., al.): Eph.6:4, 2Ti.3:16. __3. As in LXX (Pro.3:11 15:5, al.), chastening, discipline: Heb.12:5 (LXX), Heb.12:7-8, 11.† (AS)
The KJV translates G3809 in the following manner:
chastening (6x), chastisement (2x), instruction (2x), nurture (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
παιδεία — paideía
παιδεία (Tdf. παιδία; (see Iota)), παιδείας, ἡ, (παιδεύω), the Sept. for מוּסָר;
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 6:4 (cf. Winers Grammar, 388 (363) note); (in Greek writings from Aeschylus on, it includes also the care and training of the body.) (See especially Trench, Synonyms, § xxxii.; cf. Jowett's Plato, index under the word Education).
2. "whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, especially by correcting mistakes and curbing the passions "; hence,
a. instruction which aims at the increase of virtue: 2Ti 3:16.
b. according to Biblical usage chastisement, chastening (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment): Heb 12:5 (Pro 3:11), f (see ὑπομένω, 2 b.),; (Pro 15:5, and often in the O. T.; cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 51; (cf. (Plato) definition παιδεία. δύναμις θεραπευτικη
6 occurrences
Ephesians (1), II Timothy (1), Hebrews (4)