παῖς pais · G3816
child
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 …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
παῖς, ; also παῦς (which see), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, genitive plural παίδων, Doric dialect παιδῶν[]; dative plural παισί, Epic dialect παίδεσσι []; in early Epic dialect frequently disyllable in nominative πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, []; probably also in the fifth foot, []; and before bucolic diaeresis, []; also in Lyric poetry, []; and in Boeotian dialect, [], compare πῆ; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] [] (παιδ- is never disyllable in oblique cases in []; genitive παϊδός epigram cited in []; dative …
Where it's used 24 times
Matthew 2:16 · Matthew 8:6 · Matthew 8:8 · Matthew 8:13 · Matthew 12:18 · Matthew 14:2 · Matthew 17:18 · Matthew 21:15 · Luke 1:54 · Luke 1:69 · Luke 2:43 · Luke 7:7 · Luke 8:51 · Luke 8:54 · Luke 9:42 · Luke 12:45 · Luke 15:26 · John 4:51 · Acts 3:13 · Acts 3:26 · Acts 4:25 · Acts 4:27 · Acts 4:30 · Acts 20:12
Source: TBESG G3816; TFLSJ G3816
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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