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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3814 - παιδίσκη

Transliteration

paidískē

Phonetics

pahee-dis'-kay

Root Word (Etymology)

from diminutive of (G3816)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a young girl, damsel
a maid-servant, a young female slave
1. a maid servant who has charge of the door

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 519 ‑ אָמָה (aw‑maw'); 3207 ‑ יַלְדָּה (yal‑daw'); 5291 ‑ נַעֲרָה (nah‑ar‑aw'); 8198 ‑ שִׁפְחָה (shif‑khaw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

NAS (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

HCS (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

BSB (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

ESV (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

WEB (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 4

KJV (13)

bondmaid 1

bondwoman 4

damsel 4

maid 2

maidens 1

maids 1

NAS (13)

BONDWOMAN 2

bondwoman 3

servant-girl 4

servant-girls 1

slave-girl 2

women 1

HCS (13)

female slaves 1

a slave 1

and a servant 1

of the slave 1

servant 3

servants 1

slave 3

slave girl 2

BSB (13)

[and] a servant girl 1

female servants 1

of [the] slave woman 1

servant girl 4

servant girls 1

slave girl 1

slave woman 3

slave woman's 1

ESV (13)

girl 1

servant girl 5

servant girls 1

servants 1

slave 2

slave woman 3

WEB (12)

a maid 1

girl 1

maid 2

of a handmaid 1

of the handmaid 1

of the maids 1

servant girl 1

the handmaid 2

the maid 1

the maidservants 1

RAH

N-APF 12

N-ASF 22

N-DSF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GPM 5

N-GSF 12

N-NPF 5

N-NSF 16

N-VSF 1

ANT

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

BEZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

BGB

N-AFP 1

N-AFS 2

N-GFP 1

N-GFS 4

N-NFS 5

BMT

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

BYZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

ELZ

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

NA26

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

SBL

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

SCV

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

STV

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

TIS

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

παιδίσκ-η, ἡ, Dim. of παῖς (ἡ),

I young girl, maiden, X. An. 4.3.11, Anaxil. 22.26, Men. 102, etc.; π. νέα, of a wife, Plu. Cic. 41.

1. young female slave, bondmaid, Lys. 1.12, 13.67, PCair.Zen. 142 (iii B. C.), Galatians 4:22 : generally, maidservant, Mark 14:66; τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τὰς π. Luke 12:45.

2. prostitute, Hdt. 1.93, Is 6.19, Plu. Per. 24, Cat. Ma. 24, etc.; αἱ δημόσιαι π. Ath. 10.437e.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

παιδίσκη, παιδίσκης, ἡ (feminine of παιδίσκος, a young boy or slave; a diminutive of παῖς, see νεανίσκος);

1. a young girl, damsel (Xenophon, Menander, Polybius, Plutarch, Lucian; the Sept. Ruth 4:12).

2. a maid-servant, a young female slave; cf. German Mädchen (our maid) for a young female-servant (Herodotus 1, 93; Lysias, Demosthenes, others): Luke 12:45; Acts 16:16; opposed to ἡ ἐλευθέρα, Galatians 4:22f, 30f; specifically, of the maid-servant who had charge of the door: Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:66, 69; Luke 22:56; Acts 12:13; ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός, John 18:17; (also in the Sept. of a female slave, often for אָמָה, שִׁפְחָה). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 239. (Synonym: see παῖς, at the end.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

παιδίσκη , -ης , ἡ ,

dimin, of παῖς ,

[in LXX for H8198, H519, etc.;]

1. a young girl, a maiden (H5291, Ruth 4:12).

2. Colloq., a young female slave, a maid-servant (v. Kennedy, Sources, 40 f.; Deiss., LAE, 186, 332.2): Matthew 26:69, Mark 14:66; Mark 14:69, Luke 12:45; Luke 22:56, John 18:17, Acts 12:13; Acts 16:16; of Hagar, Galatians 4:22-23; Galatians 4:30 (LXX); id., metaph., Galatians 4:31.†

SYN.: see παῖς G3816.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";spend the winter"; (Acts 27:12; Acts 28:11, al.) : cf. OGIS 544.30 (ii/A.D.) ἀποδεξάμεν [όν ] τε στρατεύματα τὰ παραχειμάσα [ν ]τα ἐν τῇ πόλει.

List of Word Forms

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