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Strong's #3813 - παιδίον
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παίδι-ον
(parox.), τό, Dim. of παῖς (never in Trag.),
I little or young child (up to 7 yrs., acc. to Hp. ap. Ph. 1.26), Hdt. 1.110, 2.119, Ar. Pax 50; τὰ νεωστὶ γεγονότα π. Pl. Ly. 212e; ἐκ παιδίου from a child, Ar. Eq. 412, X. Cyr. 1.6.20: prov., τοῦ πατρὸς τὸ π. 'chip of the old block', Com.Adesp. 672, title of satire by Varro; so τῆς μητρὸς τὸ π. Str. 10.3.15 (with play on Μήτηρ).
II young slave, male or female, IG 12.329.27, 22.1554.67, 1556.22, Ar. Ra. 37, Nu. 132, Av. 1150 (s. v.l.).
III τὸ παιδίον, a disease of children, prob. convulsions, dub. l. in Hp. Aër. 3. παίδι-ος, ὁ, barbarism for foreg., Plu. Alex. 27.
παιδίον , -ου , τό ,
dimin, of παῖς ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3206, also for H5288, H1121, etc., freq. in To in ref. to full-grown youth;]
a young child, a little one: Matthew 2:8-9; Matthew 2:11, ff., Luke 1:59; Luke 1:66; Luke 1:76; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:17; Luke 2:27; Luke 2:40, John 16:21, Hebrews 11:23; of older children, Matthew 18:2; Matthew 18:4-5, Mark 5:39-41; Mark 7:30; Mark 9:24; Mark 9:36, Luke 9:47-48; Luke 18:17, John 4:49; in pl., Matthew 11:16; Matthew 14:21; Matthew 15:38; Matthew 18:3; Matthew 19:13-14, Mark 7:28; Mark 10:13 ff., Luke 7:32; Luke 11:7; Luke 18:16, Hebrews 2:13-14 Metaph., 1 Corinthians 14:20. Colloq. in familiar address (as Eng. colloq., "lads "-v. M, Pr., 170n and Irish use of "boys"): John 21:5, 1 John 2:13; 1 John 2:18; 1 John 3:7 †
SYN.: v.s. παῖς G3816.
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We can cite no instance of this form as in 2 Peter 2:16 (v.l. παραφροσύνη), but for παραφρόνησις (as in LXX Zach 12.4) cf. BGU I. 310.21 (Byz.) π [α ]ραφρονήσεως.
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