παῖςpaîs
a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)
Greek (New Testament) · G3816
Meanings
1. a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π., Matthew 17:18, Luke 2:43, Luke 9:42, Acts 20:12; ἡ π. Luke 8:51, Luke 8:54; plural, Matthew 2:16, Matthew 21:15; of parentage, with genitive, John 4:51.
2. Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. puer, Fr. garçon, Eng. boy, servant, slave, attendant: Matthew 8:6, Matthew 8:8, Matthew 8:13, Luke 7:7, Luke 12:45, Luke 15:26; in late writers (Diod., LXX: Genesis 41:37, and elsewhere), of a king's attendant or minister: Matthew 14:2; so (= Heb. עֶבֶד יְהֹוָה) π. τ. θεοῦ (Psalms 69:18, Isaiah 41:8, Wisdom 2:13, and elsewhere), of Israel, Luke 1:54; of David, Luke 1:69, Acts 4:25; of Jesus, Matthew 12:18(LXX), Acts 3:13, Acts 3:26, Acts 4:27, Acts 4:30.
Synonyms
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 1 John 3:1. 2. see θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f.
Same root
- παίωpaíō · G3817to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180 (τύπτω)); specially, to sting (as a scorpion)
- παιδαγωγόςpaidagōgós · G3807a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue"))
- παιδίσκηpaidískē · G3814a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant
- παιδάριονpaidárion · G3808a little boy
- παίζωpaízō · G3815to sport (as a boy)
- παιδεύωpaideúō · G3811to train up a child, i.e. educate, or (by implication), discipline (by punishment)
- παιδίονpaidíon · G3813a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
- Matthew 8:6 “Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
- Matthew 8:8 But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.
- Matthew 8:13 Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed that same hour.
- Matthew 12:18 “Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen. He is my Beloved, who pleases me. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
- Matthew 14:2 he said to his advisers, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead! That is why he can do such miracles.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.