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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3814 - παιδίσκη

Transliteration

paidískē

Phonetics

pahee-dis'-kay

Origin

from diminutive of (G3816)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

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

ASV (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 4

BSB (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

CSB (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

KJV (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 1

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

N95 (13)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

NAS (25)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 3

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 5

NLT (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 3

Luke 1

Acts 3

Galatians 10

WEB (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

John 1

Acts 2

Galatians 4

YLT (12)

Matthew 1

Mark 2

Luke 2

Acts 2

Galatians 5

ASV (12)

a maid 1

maid 3

of a handmaid 1

of the handmaid 1

of the maids 1

the handmaid 2

the maid 2

the maidservants 1

BSB (13)

and a servant girl 1

maidservants 1

of the slave woman 1

servant girl 4

servant girls 1

slave girl 1

slave woman 3

slave woman''s 1

CSB (13)

girl 2

servant 3

servants 1

slave 1

slaves 1

the servant 1

the slave 4

ESV (13)

girl 1

servant girl 5

servant girls 1

servants 1

slave 2

slave woman 3

KJV (13)

bondmaid 1

bondwoman 4

damsel 4

maid 2

maidens 1

maids 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (12)

girl 6

girls 1

woman 5

N95 (13)

bondwoman 5

girl 6

girls 1

women 1

NAS (25)

slave 12

woman 11

women 2

NLT (12)

girl 5

girls 1

slave 2

wife 2

woman 2

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

YLT (12)

a damsel 1

a maid-servant's 1

maid 4

maid-servant 4

maid-servants 1

maids 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

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-APF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 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-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

NA26

N-APF 1

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

TRG

N-ASF 2

N-GPF 1

N-GSF 4

N-NSF 5

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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

παιδίσκαι παιδισκας παιδίσκας παιδισκη παιδίσκη παιδισκην παιδίσκην παιδισκης παιδίσκης παιδισκων παιδισκών παιδισκῶν paidiskas paidískas paidiske paidiskē paidíske paidískē paidisken paidiskēn paidísken paidískēn paidiskes paidiskēs paidískes paidískēs paidiskon paidiskôn paidiskōn paidiskō̂n