παιδίονpaidíon
a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian
Greek (New Testament) · G3813
Meanings
a young child, a little one: Matthew 2:8, Matthew 2:9, 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, Matthew 18:5, Mark 5:39-41, Mark 7:30, Mark 9:24, Mark 9:36, Luke 9:47, Luke 9:48, Luke 18:17, John 4:49; in plural, Matthew 11:16, Matthew 14:21, Matthew 15:38, Matthew 18:3, Matthew 19:13, Matthew 19:14, Mark 7:28, Mark 10:13 ff., Luke 7:32, Luke 11:7, Luke 18:16, Hebrews 2:13, Hebrews 2:14 Metaph., 1 Corinthians 14:20. Colloq. in familiar address: John 21:5, 1 John 2:13, 1 John 2:18, 1 John 3:7.
Synonyms
see παῖς.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 51 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
- Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
- Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
- Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
- Matthew 2:14 That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother,
- Matthew 2:20 “Get up!” the angel said. “Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”
See every passage
- Matthew 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 2:13, 2:14, 2:20, 2:21, 11:16, 14:21, 15:38, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4, 18:5, 19:13, 19:14
- Mark 5:39, 5:40, 5:41, 7:28, 7:30, 9:24, 9:36, 9:37, 10:13, 10:14, 10:15
- Luke 1:59, 1:66, 1:76, 1:80, 2:17, 2:27, 2:40, 7:32, 9:47, 9:48, 11:7, 18:16, 18:17
- John 4:49, 16:21, 21:5
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
- Hebrews 2:13, 2:14, 11:23
- 1 John 2:18
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.