What does παιδευτής (paideutḗs) mean in the Bible?
παιδευτής (paideutḗs) is a Greek word meaning "instructor".
Greek · G3810
παιδευτής
Instructor
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παιδευτήςG3810
Pronunciationpaideutḗs
What does παιδευτής (paideutḗs) mean in the Bible?
παιδευτής (paideutḗs) is a Greek word meaning "instructor".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3810?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an instructor (1), who disciplined [us] (1).
Where does παιδευτής (paideutḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 2:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itan instructor1×Romans 2:20
who disciplined [us]1×Hebrews 12:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 2:20
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Romans1Hebrews1
Source forms
παιδευτὰς1xpaideutasHebrews 12:9
παιδευτὴν1xpaideutēnRomans 2:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xHebrews 12:9
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xRomans 2:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. instructor
Strong'sG3810
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
instructor
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 2:20Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
παιδευτὴνpaideuthn
an instructor
Read verseHebrews 12:9Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
παιδευτάς,paideutav
an instructor
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · MasculineRom 2:201×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineHeb 12:91×
Word Origins
παιδευτής is built from this root: