Strong G3814παιδίσκη

maidservant

Transliteration
paidiskē
Pronunciation
pahee-dis'-kay
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine diminutive of G3816; a girl that is (specifically) a female slave or servant: - bondmaid (-woman) damsel maid (-en).

Detailed definition

παιδίσκη, -ης, ἡ dimin, of παῖς,
[in LXX for שִׁפְחָה, אָמָה, etc.;]
1. a young girl, a maiden (נַעֲרָה, Rut.4:12).

2. Colloq., a young female slave, a maid-servant (see Kennedy, Sources, 40 f.; Deiss., LAE, 186, 332.2): Mat.26:69, Mrk.14:66, 69, Luk.12:45 22:56, Jhn.18:17, Act.12:13 16:16; of Hagar, Gal.4:22-23, 30" (LXX); id., metaphorically, Gal.4:31.†
SYN.: see: παῖς (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3814 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • damsel4
  • bondwoman3
  • maid3
  • bondmaid1
  • maiden1

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:69
    Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
  2. Mark 14:66
    And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
  3. Mark 14:69
    And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
  4. Luke 12:45
    But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
  5. Luke 22:56
    But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
  6. John 18:17
    Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.
  7. Acts 12:13
    And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
  8. Acts 16:16
    And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
  9. Galatians 4:22
    For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
  10. Galatians 4:23
    But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
  11. Galatians 4:30
    Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
  12. Galatians 4:31
    So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παιδίσκ-η, ἡ,
diminutive of παῖς (ἡ), young girl, maiden, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.11, 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 22.26, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 102, etc.)]; π. νέα, of a wife, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 41.)]
II young female slave, bondmaid, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.12, 13.67, “PCair.Zen.” 142 (3rd c.BC), NT.Gal.4.22)]: generally, maidservant, [NT (NT.Mark.14.66)]; τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τὰς π. [NT (NT.Luke.12.45.)]
II.2 prostitute, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.19, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 24, “Cat. Ma.” 24, etc.; αἱ δημόσιαι π. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.437e.)]