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Lexicon :: Strong's G3814 - paidiskē

Aa
παιδίσκη
Transliteration
paidiskē (Key)
Pronunciation
pahee-dis'-kay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From diminutive of παῖς (G3816)
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Strong’s Definitions

παιδίσκη paidískē, pahee-dis'-kay; feminine diminutive of G3816; a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant:—bondmaid(-woman), damsel, maid(-en).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G3814 in the following manner: damsel (4x), bondwomen (4x), maid (3x), maiden (1x), bondmaid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G3814 in the following manner: damsel (4x), bondwomen (4x), maid (3x), maiden (1x), bondmaid (1x).

  1. a young girl, damsel

  2. a maid-servant, a young female slave

    1. a maid servant who has charge of the door

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παιδίσκη paidískē, pahee-dis'-kay; feminine diminutive of G3816; a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant:—bondmaid(-woman), damsel, maid(-en).
STRONGS G3814:
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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ruth
4:12
Matthew
26:69
Mark
14:66; 14:69
Luke
12:45; 22:56
John
18:17
Acts
12:13; 16:16
Galatians
4:22; 4:30

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3814 matches the Greek παιδίσκη (paidiskē),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:69

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:69 - Now Peter was seated in the open square outside the house: and a servant-girl came to him, saying, You were with Jesus the Galilaean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:66 - And while Peter was down in the open square of the building, one of the servant-girls of the high priest came;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:69

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:69 - And the girl saw him, and said again to those who were near, This is one of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - And a certain woman-servant, seeing him in the light of the fire, and looking at him with attention, said, This man was with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17 - Then the girl who was the door-keeper said to Peter, Are you not one of this man's disciples? In answer he said, I am not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31 - So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
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