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dis´i-plin (מוּסר, muÌ„sÌ£aÌ„r): In the King James Version only in , where it refers to moral discipline, the strenuous cultivation of the righteous life; the Revised Version (British and American) “instruction.†the Revised Version (British and American) in has “discipline†for a Greek word (soÌ„phronismoÌs) meaning “soberingâ€; in margin, for Greek paideıÌa, “instruction.†In classic Greek paideia means “education,†mental culture. Through the influence of the Septuagint, which translates the Hebrew muÌ„sÌ£aÌ„r by paideia, the meaning of “chastisement†accompanies παιδεια, paideia in the New Testament. Compare , , , . See CHASTISEMENT; and for ecclesiastical discipline see CHURCH.