Words the Bible translates as discipline
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- paideiaπαιδείαthe shaping of a person by someone responsible for them: teaching and correction together, aimed at forming character
- paideuōπαιδεύωto form a person through training, whether by teaching, by corrective discipline, or by punishment
- elegchōἐλέγχωto bring a hidden wrong into the open so the wrongdoer must face it, whether by exposing the deed, proving the guilt, rebuking the person, or correcting them in love
- musarמוּסָרdiscipline: the corrective training, by teaching or by hardship, that shapes a person toward wisdom and right living
+1 more meaning
- a bond or fetter: a physical restraint, in the few places where the word is read from a separate root meaning to bind
- yasarיָסַרto discipline: to correct and train someone for their good, by words or by hardship or by blows
- mosarמֹסָרdisciplinenot studied yet
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