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Strong's G3811 παιδεύω (paideuo)

Paideuo means “instruct” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3811 — laah (“tire”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3811
Language Greek
Linked Usages 85
Books 25

Strong's G3811 Quick Answer

Strong's G3811 παιδεύω (paideuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. paideuo (pai-dyoo'-o) v. 1. to train up a child, i.e. educate 2. (by implication) discipline (by punishment) It has 85 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include chastened, chasteneth, learned, learn, and instructing. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
paideuo (pai-dyoo'-o) v. 1. to train up a child, i.e. educate 2. (by implication) discipline (by punishment)
Usage
85 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
chastened, chasteneth, learned, learn, and instructing

Meaning and Definition

paideuo (pai-dyoo'-o) v. 1. to train up a child, i.e. educate 2. (by implication) discipline (by punishment) [from G3816] KJV: chasten(-ise), instruct, learn, teach Root(s): G3816

Original Word
παιδεύω
Transliteration
paideuo
Derivation
Root: παῖς R1: 3816
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3811. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to instruct

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G3811 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render paideuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

chastened 1 Corinthians 11:32 chasteneth Hebrews 12:6 Teaching Titus 2:12 chasten Revelation 3:19 instructing 2 Timothy 2:25 learn 1 Timothy 1:20 learned Acts 7:22

How Strong's G3811 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 49 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3811 (παιδεύω) appears 81 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3811 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3811 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 23:16 KJV

I will therefore chastise him, and release him.

Luke 23:22 KJV

And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

Acts 7:22 KJV

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

Strong's G3811 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

49 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 26:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And if ye still refuse to hearken to me, then will I chasten you yet more even seven times for your sins.

Leviticus 26:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And if hereupon ye are not corrected, but walk perversely toward me,

Leviticus 26:28 Septuagint / Brenton

then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you sevenfold according to your sins.

Strong's G3811 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

23 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 6:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: and though he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people.

2 Maccabees 10:4 Septuagint / Brenton

When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned anymore against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.

4 Maccabees 5:24 Septuagint / Brenton

And it instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealings we render what is due; and it teaches us piety, so that we worship the one only God becomingly.

Usage Excerpts

First 85 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3811.

Leviticus 26:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye still refuse to hearken to me, then will I chasten you yet more even seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if hereupon ye are not corrected, but walk perversely toward me,
Leviticus 26:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you sevenfold according to your sins.
Deuteronomy 4:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His voice was made audible from heaven to instruct thee, and he showed thee upon the earth his great fire, and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt know in thy heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee.
Deuteronomy 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not hearken to them;
Deuteronomy 22:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders of that city shall take that man, and shall chastise him,
Deuteronomy 32:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He maintained him in the wilderness, In burning thirst and a dry land: He led him about and instructed him, And kept him as the apple of an eye.
2 Kingdoms 22:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord who avenges me is strong, Chastening the nations under me,
3 Kingdoms 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
3 Kingdoms 12:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.
2 Chronicles 10:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Esther 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had a foster child, daughter of Amminadab his father’s brother, and her name was Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.
Psalms 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore understand, ye kings: Be instructed, all ye that judge the earth.
Psalms 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, Neither chasten me in thine anger.
Psalms 15:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will bless the Lord who has instructed me; My reins too have chastened me even till night.
Psalms 37:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, Neither chasten me in thine anger.
Psalms 38:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, And thou makest his life to consume away like a spider’s web: Nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.
Psalms 89:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; And if men should be in strength, eighty years: And the greater part of them would be labor and trouble; For weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
Psalms 93:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, Even he that teaches man knowledge?
Psalms 93:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord, And shalt teach him out of thy law;
Psalms 104:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To chastise his rulers at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.
Psalms 117:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord has chastened me sore: But he has not given me up to death.
Psalms 140:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: For yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
Proverbs 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, And scourges every son whom he receives.
Proverbs 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, Neither did I apply mine ear.
Proverbs 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that reproves evil men shall get dishonor to himself; And he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself.
Proverbs 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Poverty brings a man low: But the hands of the vigorous make rich. And shall use the fool for a servant.
Proverbs 13:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he that loves, carefully chastens him.
Proverbs 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; And be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.
Proverbs 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, But fools pass by and are punished.
Proverbs 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Refrain not from chastening a child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 31:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed.
Proverbs 35:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proverbs 36:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proverbs 36:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 28:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So thou shalt be chastened by the judgment of thy God, and shalt rejoice.
Isaiah 46:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, who are borne by me from the womb, and taught by me from infancy, even to old age:
Jeremiah 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thine apostasy shall correct thee, and thy wickedness shall reprove thee: know then, and see, that thy forsaking me has been bitter to thee, saith the Lord thy God; and I have taken no pleasure in thee, saith the Lord thy God.
Jeremiah 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt be chastened, O Jerusalem, with pain and the scourge, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee a desert land, which shall not be inhabited.
Jeremiah 10:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Jeremiah 26:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fear not thou, my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; for I am with thee: she that was without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up: for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust thee forth; but I will not cause thee to fail: yet will I chastise thee in the way of judgment, and will not hold thee entirely guiltless.
Jeremiah 38:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, and saying, Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not willingly taught: turn thou me, and I shall turn; for thou art the Lord my God.
Ezekiel 23:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.
Ezekiel 28:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
art thou wiser than Daniel? or have not the wise instructed thee with their knowledge?
Hosea 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whenever they shall go, I will cast my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the sky, I will chasten them with the rumor of their coming affliction.
Hosea 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.
Hosea 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill, the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins.
Luke 23:16 New Testament, KJV
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Luke 23:22 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
Acts 7:22 New Testament, KJV
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Acts 22:3 New Testament, KJV
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
1 Corinthians 11:32 New Testament, KJV
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
2 Corinthians 6:9 New Testament, KJV
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
1 Timothy 1:20 New Testament, KJV
Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
2 Timothy 2:25 New Testament, KJV
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
Titus 2:12 New Testament, KJV
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Hebrews 12:6 New Testament, KJV
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Hebrews 12:7 New Testament, KJV
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Hebrews 12:10 New Testament, KJV
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Revelation 3:19 New Testament, KJV
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
2 Maccabees 6:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: and though he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people.
2 Maccabees 10:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned anymore against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.
4 Maccabees 5:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And it instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealings we render what is due; and it teaches us piety, so that we worship the one only God becomingly.
4 Maccabees 13:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For being educated in the same law, and practicing the same virtues, and reared up in a just course of life, they increased this harmony with each other.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: For God proved them, And found them worthy for himself.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore set your affection upon my words; Desire them, and ye shall be instructed.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Receive therefore instruction through my words, And it shall do you good.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For when they were tried, albeit but in mercy chastised, They knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, Thirsting in another manner than the just.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, To the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, And when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
Wisdom of Sirach 6:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, if thou wilt, thou shalt be taught: And if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be prudent.
Wisdom of Sirach 7:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Hast thou children? instruct them, And bow down their neck from their youth.
Wisdom of Sirach 10:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A wise judge will instruct his people; And the government of a prudent man is well ordered.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The mercy of man is toward his neighbor; But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh: He reproveth, and nurtureth, and teacheth, And bringeth again, as a shepherd his flock.
Wisdom of Sirach 21:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that is not wise will not be taught: But there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
Wisdom of Sirach 21:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A fool will peep in at the door into the house: But he that is well nurtured will stand without.
Wisdom of Sirach 23:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words Will never be reformed all the days of his life.
Wisdom of Sirach 26:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; And there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He that chastiseth his son shall have joy in him, And shall rejoice of him among his acquaintance.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Train up thy son, and exercise him with work, Lest by thy looseness thou stumble.
Wisdom of Sirach 31:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; Neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A wise man instructeth his people; And the fruits of his understanding fail not.
Wisdom of Sirach 40:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The life of him that dependeth on another man’s table is not to be counted for a life; For he polluteth himself with other men’s meat: But a wise man well nurtured will beware thereof.
Wisdom of Sirach 42:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, And the extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young: Thus shalt thou be truly learned, And approved of all men living.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3811, grouped by book.

Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 14 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3811 FAQ

What does paideuo (παιδεύω) mean?

Paideuo (Strong's G3811) is a Greek word most simply glossed "instruct". paideuo (pai-dyoo'-o) v. 1. to train up a child, i.e. educate 2. (by implication) discipline (by punishment)

How many times is paideuo (παιδεύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 85 linked usages for Strong's G3811 across 25 books.

Where can I study paideuo (παιδεύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3811 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate paideuo (παιδεύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as chastened, chasteneth, learned, learn, instructing, and teaching. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3811 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 49 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 23 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3811, with linked reader references where each row is available.