Strong G3816παῖς
child
- Transliteration
- pais
- Pronunciation
- paheece
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine or Feminine)
Definition
Perhaps from G3817; a boy (as often beaten with impunity) or (by analogy) a girl and (generally) a child; specifically a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God): - child maid (-en) (man) servant son young man.
Detailed definition
παῖς, genitive, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד, also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, etc.;]
1. a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π., Mat.17:18, Luk.2:43 9:42, Act.20:12; ἡ π. Luk.8:51, 54 (on the artic. fern, of address, see M, Pr., 70 f., 235; B1., § 33, 4); pl., Mat.2:16 21:15; of parentage, with genitive, Jhn.4:51
2. Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. Auer, Fr. garcon, Eng. boy (Æsch., Aristoph., Xen., al.), servant, slave, attendant: Mat.8:6, 8 8:13 Luk.7:7 12:45 15:26; in late writers (Diod., LXX: Gen.41:37, al.), of a king's attendant or minister: Mat.14:2; so (= Heb. יְהוָֹה עֶבֶד) π. τ. θεοῦ (Psa.69:18, Isa.41:8, Wis.2:13, al.), of Israel, Luk.1:54; of David, Luk.1:69, Act.4:25; of Jesus (but see Dalman, Words, 277 f.), Mat.12:18 (LXX), Act.3:13, 26 4:27, 30.†
SYN.:
1. τέκνον, child, with emphasis on parentage and the consequent community of nature; υἱός, son, with emphasis on the privileged position of heirship; π. refers both to age and parentage, but with emphasis on the former. Cf. also (παιδάριον), (παιδίον), (παιδίσκη), and see Westc. on 1Jn.3:1.
2. see: θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד, also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, etc.;]
1. a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π., Mat.17:18, Luk.2:43 9:42, Act.20:12; ἡ π. Luk.8:51, 54 (on the artic. fern, of address, see M, Pr., 70 f., 235; B1., § 33, 4); pl., Mat.2:16 21:15; of parentage, with genitive, Jhn.4:51
2. Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. Auer, Fr. garcon, Eng. boy (Æsch., Aristoph., Xen., al.), servant, slave, attendant: Mat.8:6, 8 8:13 Luk.7:7 12:45 15:26; in late writers (Diod., LXX: Gen.41:37, al.), of a king's attendant or minister: Mat.14:2; so (= Heb. יְהוָֹה עֶבֶד) π. τ. θεοῦ (Psa.69:18, Isa.41:8, Wis.2:13, al.), of Israel, Luk.1:54; of David, Luk.1:69, Act.4:25; of Jesus (but see Dalman, Words, 277 f.), Mat.12:18 (LXX), Act.3:13, 26 4:27, 30.†
SYN.:
1. τέκνον, child, with emphasis on parentage and the consequent community of nature; υἱός, son, with emphasis on the privileged position of heirship; π. refers both to age and parentage, but with emphasis on the former. Cf. also (παιδάριον), (παιδίον), (παιδίσκη), and see Westc. on 1Jn.3:1.
2. see: θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3816 appears in 24 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- servant10
- child7
- son3
- of2
- maid1
- maiden1
- man1
- manservant1
- unto1
First verses
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Matthew 8:6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
- Matthew 8:8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
- Matthew 8:13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
- Matthew 12:18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
- Matthew 14:2And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
- Matthew 17:18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
- Matthew 21:15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
- Luke 1:54He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
- Luke 1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
- Luke 2:43And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
- Luke 7:7Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
- Luke 8:51And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
- Luke 8:54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
- Luke 9:42And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
- Luke 12:45But 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;
- Luke 15:26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
- John 4:51And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
- Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
- Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παῖς,
also παῦς (which see), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, genitive plural παίδων, Doric dialect παιδῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Greg.Cor. p.317 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; dative plural παισί, Epic dialect παίδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.381, etc.)]; in early Epic dialect frequently disyllable in nominative πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.609, 5.704, etc.)]; probably also in the fifth foot, [Refs (9.57, 11.389)]; and before bucolic diaeresis, [Refs (2.205, +others)]; also in Lyric poetry, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 38, 85)]; and in Boeotian dialect, [Refs (“IG” 7.690, +others (from Tanagra))], compare πῆ; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.192)] (παιδ- is never disyllable in oblique cases in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus); _accusative_ πάϊν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus R.4.697, “Anthologia Graeca” 3.8 (Inscription Cyzic.), 9.125)]; genitive παϊδός epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 41)]; dative παϊδί probably in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 17:)]
I in relation to Descent, child, whether son, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.205, 609, +others (with special reference to the father, opposed to τέκνον, which see): _plural_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.4, etc.)]; or daughter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.20, 443, 3.175; παῖδες ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 788a)]; παῖς, opposed to κόρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.7 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC))]; of an adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.494; παίδων παῖδες, τοί κεν μετόπισθε γένωνται 20.308, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.100, “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.11 H., etc.; Ἀγήνορος παῖδες ἐκ παίδων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 281)]; frequently in orators of legal issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.9, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.31, etc.)]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 50 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.2 metaphorically, ἀμπέλου π., of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.52; χορῶν ἐραστὴς κισσὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ δὲ παῖς 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus 5)]; ὀρείας πέτρας π., of Echo, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1110)]; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the penalty of perjury, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86)].; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 578 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.3 periphrastic, οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27, compare 5.49; π. Ἑλλήνων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 402)]; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π., i. e. physicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407e)]; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 769b)]; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 19)]; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, [Refs ([prev. author] “Dips.” 5, “Im.” 9; compare υἱός 2.)]
II in relation to Age, child, boy or girl, νέος π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.665; παῖδες νεαροί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.289; σμίκρα π. 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 34: with another)] substantive, π. συφορβός boy-swineherd, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.282; παῖδα κόρην γαμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 595; ἐν παισὶ νέοισι π. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.72; π. ἔτ᾽ ὤν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 755, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.710; ἔτι π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e; παιδὸς μηδὲν βελτίων [prev. work] 342e: distinguished from παιδίον, μειράκιον, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑβδομάδων - Die Hippokratische Schrift von der Siebenzahl” 5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.17, “Cyr.” 8.7.6, 1.2.4)]; ἐκ παιδός from a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 374c; ἐκ παιδὸς εἰς γῆρας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.180; ἐκ τῶν παίδων εὐθύς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 694d, compare “R.” 386a; ἀκούων τῶν παίδων εὐθύς [prev. author] “Lg.” 642b; εὐθὺς ἐκ παίδων ἐξελθών 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.154)]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π. to be just out of one's childhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.25; ἐκ μικρῶν π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1336a14; [Ἡρακλῆς] ἐν παισὶν ὄφεις ἀπέκτεινεν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.36)]; ἐν παισὶ (variant{παιδὶ}) ποιμαίνων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.8.1)]; χορηγεῖν παισί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (χορηγέω 11): proverbial, τοῦτο κἂν π. γνοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 279d; δῆλον τοῦτό γε ἤδη καὶ παιδί [prev. author] “Smp.” 204b; παῖδας [τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ] ἀπέφηνε 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Peregr.” 11, compare “Alex.” 4)]; ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π., of the superstitious fears of a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77e, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.41.)]
III in relation to Condition, slave, servant, man or maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 653, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 395, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 5.2, etc.; παῖ, παιδίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 132)]: plural, of the crew of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.8. (From Παϝις, compare παῦρος)], Latin puer.)
also παῦς (which see), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, genitive plural παίδων, Doric dialect παιδῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Greg.Cor. p.317 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; dative plural παισί, Epic dialect παίδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.381, etc.)]; in early Epic dialect frequently disyllable in nominative πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.609, 5.704, etc.)]; probably also in the fifth foot, [Refs (9.57, 11.389)]; and before bucolic diaeresis, [Refs (2.205, +others)]; also in Lyric poetry, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 38, 85)]; and in Boeotian dialect, [Refs (“IG” 7.690, +others (from Tanagra))], compare πῆ; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.192)] (παιδ- is never disyllable in oblique cases in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus); _accusative_ πάϊν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus R.4.697, “Anthologia Graeca” 3.8 (Inscription Cyzic.), 9.125)]; genitive παϊδός epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 41)]; dative παϊδί probably in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 17:)]
I in relation to Descent, child, whether son, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.205, 609, +others (with special reference to the father, opposed to τέκνον, which see): _plural_, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.4, etc.)]; or daughter, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.20, 443, 3.175; παῖδες ἄρρενες καὶ θήλειαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 788a)]; παῖς, opposed to κόρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.7 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC))]; of an adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.494; παίδων παῖδες, τοί κεν μετόπισθε γένωνται 20.308, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.100, “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.11 H., etc.; Ἀγήνορος παῖδες ἐκ παίδων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 281)]; frequently in orators of legal issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.9, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.31, etc.)]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 50 (_anapaest meter_).)]
I.2 metaphorically, ἀμπέλου π., of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.52; χορῶν ἐραστὴς κισσὸς ἐνιαυτοῦ δὲ παῖς 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus 5)]; ὀρείας πέτρας π., of Echo, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1110)]; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the penalty of perjury, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86)].; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 578 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.3 periphrastic, οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27, compare 5.49; π. Ἑλλήνων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 402)]; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π., i. e. physicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407e)]; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 769b)]; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 19)]; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, [Refs ([prev. author] “Dips.” 5, “Im.” 9; compare υἱός 2.)]
II in relation to Age, child, boy or girl, νέος π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.665; παῖδες νεαροί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.289; σμίκρα π. 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 34: with another)] substantive, π. συφορβός boy-swineherd, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.282; παῖδα κόρην γαμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 595; ἐν παισὶ νέοισι π. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.72; π. ἔτ᾽ ὤν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 755, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.710; ἔτι π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310e; παιδὸς μηδὲν βελτίων [prev. work] 342e: distinguished from παιδίον, μειράκιον, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑβδομάδων - Die Hippokratische Schrift von der Siebenzahl” 5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.17, “Cyr.” 8.7.6, 1.2.4)]; ἐκ παιδός from a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 374c; ἐκ παιδὸς εἰς γῆρας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.180; ἐκ τῶν παίδων εὐθύς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 694d, compare “R.” 386a; ἀκούων τῶν παίδων εὐθύς [prev. author] “Lg.” 642b; εὐθὺς ἐκ παίδων ἐξελθών 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.154)]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π. to be just out of one's childhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.25; ἐκ μικρῶν π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1336a14; [Ἡρακλῆς] ἐν παισὶν ὄφεις ἀπέκτεινεν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.36)]; ἐν παισὶ (variant{παιδὶ}) ποιμαίνων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.8.1)]; χορηγεῖν παισί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (χορηγέω 11): proverbial, τοῦτο κἂν π. γνοίη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 279d; δῆλον τοῦτό γε ἤδη καὶ παιδί [prev. author] “Smp.” 204b; παῖδας [τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ] ἀπέφηνε 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Peregr.” 11, compare “Alex.” 4)]; ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π., of the superstitious fears of a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77e, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.41.)]
III in relation to Condition, slave, servant, man or maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 653, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 395, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 5.2, etc.; παῖ, παιδίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 132)]: plural, of the crew of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.8. (From Παϝις, compare παῦρος)], Latin puer.)