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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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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Now G1161 Peter G4074 was sitting G2521 outside G1854 in the courtyard G833, and a slave G3814 woman G3814 came G4334 to him and said G3004, “You too G2532 were with Jesus G2424 the Galilean G1057.”

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And while Peter G4074 was below G2736 in the courtyard G833, one G1520 of the slave G3814 women G3814 of the high G749 priest G749 *came G2064,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:69 - The slave G3814 woman G3814 saw G3708 him, and began G757 once G3825 more G3825 to say G3004 to the bystanders G3936, “This G3778 man G3778 is one of them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - “But if G1437 that slave G1401 says G3004 in his heart G2588, ‘My master G2962 will take G5549 a G5549 long G5549 time G5549 to come G2064,’ and he begins G757 to beat G5180 the other slaves G3814 G3816, both men G3816 and women G3814, and to eat G2068 and drink G4095 and get G3182 drunk G3182;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - And a slave G3814 woman G3814, seeing G3708 him as he sat G2521 in the firelight G5457, and staring G816 at him, said G3004, “This G3778 man G3778 was with Him as G2532 well G2532.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17 - Then G3767 the slave G3814 woman G3814 who was the doorkeeper G2377 *said G3004 to Peter G4074, “You are not also G2532 one of this G3778 Man’s G444 disciples G3101, are you?” He *said G3004, “I am G1510 not.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - When he knocked G2925 at the door G2374 of the gate G4440, a slave G3814 woman G3814 named G3686 Rhoda G4498 came G4334 to answer G5219.

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It happened G1096 that as we were going G4198 to the place G4335 of prayer G4335, a slave G3814 woman G3814 who had G2192 a spirit G4151 of divination G4436 met G5221 us, who G3748 was bringing G3930 great G4183 profit G2039 to her masters G2962 by fortune-telling G3132.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - For it is written G1125 that Abraham G11 had G2192 two G1417 sons G5207, one G1520 by the slave G3814 woman G3814 and one G1520 by the free G1658 woman G1658.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - But the son by the slave G3814 woman G3814 [fn]was born G1080 according G2596 to the flesh G4561, and the son by the free G1658 woman G1658 through G1223 the promise G1860.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - But what G5101 does the Scripture G1124 say G3004?

“DRIVE G1544 OUT THE SLAVE G3814 WOMAN G3814 AND HER SON G5207,

FOR THE SON G5207 OF THE SLAVE G3814 WOMAN G3814 SHALL NOT BE G2816 AN G2816 HEIR G2816 WITH THE SON G5207 OF THE FREE G1658 WOMAN G1658.”

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So G1352 then G1352, brothers G80 and sisters, we are not children G5043 of a slave G3814 woman G3814, but of the free G1658 woman G1658.

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