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Lexicon :: Strong's G3816 - pais

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παῖς
Transliteration
pais (Key)
Pronunciation
paheece
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from παίω (G3817)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:636,759

Strong’s Definitions

παῖς paîs, paheece; perhaps from G3817; 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):—child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G3816 in the following manner: servant (10x), child (7x), son (Christ) (2x), son (1x), manservant (1x), maid (1x), maiden (1x), young man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G3816 in the following manner: servant (10x), child (7x), son (Christ) (2x), son (1x), manservant (1x), maid (1x), maiden (1x), young man (1x).

  1. a child, boy or girl

    1. infants, children

  2. servant, slave

    1. an attendant, servant, spec. a king's attendant, minister

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παῖς paîs, paheece; perhaps from G3817; 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):—child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.
STRONGS G3816:
παῖς, genitive παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, from Homer down; in the N. T. only in the Gospels and Acts;
1. a child, boy or girl; the Sept. for נַעַר and נַעֲרָה (Genesis 24:28; Deuteronomy 22:15, etc.): ὁ παῖς, Matthew 17:18; Luke 2:43; Luke 9:42; Acts 20:12; ἡ παῖς, Luke 8:51, 54; plural infants, children, Matthew 2:16; Matthew 21:15; ὁ παῖς τίνος, the son of one, John 4:51.
2. (Like the Latin puer, equivalent to) servant, slave (Aeschylus choëph. 652; Aristophanes nub. 18, 132; Xenophon, mem. 3, 13, 6; symp. 1, 11; 2, 23; Plato, Charm., p. 155 a.; Protag., p. 310c. and often; Diodorus 17, 76; others; so the Sept. times without number for עֶבֶד (cf. Winers Grammar, p. 30, no. 3); cf. the similar use of German Bursch (French garcon, English boy)): Matthew 8:6, 8, 13; Luke 7:7 cf. Luke 7:10; Luke 12:45; Luke 15:26. an attendant, servant, specifically, a king's attendant, minister: Matthew 14:2 (Diodorus 17:36; hardly so in the earlier Greek writings; Genesis 41:37; 1 Samuel 16:15-17; 1 Samuel 18:22, 26; Daniel 2:7; 1 Macc. 1:6, 8; 1 Esdr. 2:16 1 Esdr. 5:33, 35); hence, in imitation of the Hebrew יְהוָה עֶבֶד, παῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ is used of a devout worshipper of God, one who fulfils God's will (Psalm 68:18 (Ps. 69:18); Psalm 112:1 (Ps. 113:1); Wis. 2:13, etc.) thus, the people of Israel, Luke 1:54 (Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:19; Isaiah 44:1f, 21, etc.); David, Luke 1:69; Acts 4:25 (Psalm 17:1 (Ps. 18:1); Ps 35:1 (Ps. 36:1) (Ald., Complutensian), etc.); likewise any upright and godly man whose agency God employs in executing his purposes; thus in the N. T. Jesus the Messiah: Matthew 12:18 (from Isaiah 42:1); Acts 3:13, 26; Acts 4:27, 30 (cf. Harnack on the Epistle of Barnabas 6, 1 and Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 59, 2 ); in the O. T. also Moses, Nehemiah 1:7f; the prophets, 1 Esdr. 8:79(81); Baruch 2:20, 24; and others. [Synonym: παῖς, παιδάριον, παιδίον, παιδίσκη, τέκνον: The grammarian Aristophanes is quoted by Ammonius (s.v. γέρων) as defining thus: παιδίον, τὸ τρεφόμενον ὑπὸ τιθηνοῦ· παιδάριον δέ, τὸ ἤδη περιπατοῦν καὶ τῆς λέξεως ἀντεχόμενον· παιδίσκος δʹ͵ ὁ ἐν τῂ ἐχομένῃ ἡλικίᾳ· παῖς δʹ διὰ τῶν ἐγκυκλίων μαθημάτων δυνάμενος ἰέναι· Philo (de mund. opif. §36) quotes the physician Hippocrates as follows; ἐν ἀνθρώπου ϕύσει ἑπτά έἰσιν ὧραι κ.τ.λ.· παιδίον μέν ἐστιν ἄχρις ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν͵ ὀδόντων ἐκβολῆς· ταῖς δὲ ἄχρι γονῆς ἐκϕύσεως͵ εἰς τὰ δὶς ἑπτά· μειράκιον δὲ ἄχρι γενείου λαχνώσεως͵ ἐς τὰ τρὶς ἑπτά͵ etc., According to Schmidt, παιδίον denotes a child up to its first school years; παῖς is a child of any age; (παιδίσκος and παιδίσκη, in which reference to descent quite disappears, cover the years of late childhood and early youth. But usage is untrammelled; from a child is expressed either by ἐκ παιδός (most frequently). or ἐκ παιδίου, or ἐκ (ὰπό) παιδαρίου. παῖς and τέκνον denote a child alike as respects descent and age, reference to the latter being more prominent in the former word, to descent in τέκνον; but the period παῖς covers is not sharply defined; and, in classic usage as in modern, youthful designations cleave to the female sex longer than to the male. See Schmidt ch. 69; Höhne in Luthardt's Zeitschrift u. s. w. for 1882, p. 57 sqq.] On the elasticity of the term παῖς as respects age, see Bp. Lghtft. Apostolic Fathers, Pt. II. vol. i. p. 432 note.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:28; 41:37
Deuteronomy
22:15
1 Samuel
16:15; 16:16; 16:17; 18:22; 18:26
Nehemiah
1:7
Psalms
17:1; 18:1; 35:1; 36:1; 68:18; 69:18; 112:1; 113:1
Isaiah
41:8; 42:1; 42:19; 44:1; 44:21
Daniel
1; 2:7
Matthew
2:16; 8:6; 8:8; 8:13; 12:18; 14:2; 17:18; 21:15
Luke
1:54; 1:69; 2:43; 7:7; 7:10; 8:51; 8:54; 9:42; 12:45; 15:26
John
4:51
Acts
3:13; 3:26; 4:25; 4:27; 4:30; 20:12

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:28; 41:37
Deuteronomy
22:15
1 Samuel
16:15; 16:16; 16:17; 18:22; 18:26
Nehemiah
1:7
Psalms
17:1; 18:1; 35:1; 36:1; 68:18; 69:18; 112:1; 113:1
Isaiah
41:8; 42:1; 42:19; 44:1; 44:21
Daniel
1; 2:7
Matthew
2:16; 8:6; 8:8; 8:13; 12:18; 14:2; 17:18; 21:15
Luke
1:54; 1:69; 2:43; 7:7; 7:10; 8:51; 8:54; 9:42; 12:45; 15:26
John
4:51
Acts
3:13; 3:26; 4:25; 4:27; 4:30; 20:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3816 matches the Greek παῖς (pais),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 -

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male G3816 children G3816 who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had carefully determined from the magi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:6 - and saying, “[fn]Lord, my [fn]servant G3816 is [fn]lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:8 - But the centurion said, “[fn]Lord, I am not good enough for You to come under my roof, but just [fn]say the word, and my [fn]servant G3816 will be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:13 - And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; [fn]it shall be done for you as you have believed.” And the [fn]servant G3816 was healed that very [fn]moment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 -

“BEHOLD, MY [fn]SERVANT G3816 WHOM I [fn]HAVE CHOSEN;

MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL [fn]IS WELL-PLEASED;

I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM,

AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM [fn]JUSTICE TO THE [fn]GENTILES.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2 - and said to his servants G3816, “This is John the Baptist; [fn]he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:18 - And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy G3816 was cured [fn]at once.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:15 - But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things which He had done, and the children G3816 who were shouting in the temple, saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:54 -

“He has given help to Israel His servant G3816,

[fn]In remembrance of His mercy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:69

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:69 -

And raised up a horn of salvation for us

In the house of David His servant G3816—

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:43 - and as they were returning, after finishing the days of the Feast, the boy G3816 Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents did not know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:7 - “For this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just [fn]say the word, and my [fn]servant G3816 will be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:51 - So when He came to the house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him, except Peter and John and James, and the girl’s G3816 father and mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54 - He, however, took her by the hand and called, saying, “Child G3816, arise!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:42 - Now while he was still approaching, the demon [fn]slammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy G3816 and gave him back to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - “But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master [fn]will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants G3816, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:26 - “And summoning one of the servants G3816, he began inquiring what these things could be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51 - And while he was still going down, his slaves met him, saying that his [fn]son G3816 was alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:13 - “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant G3816 Jesus, whom you delivered and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:26 - “For you first, God raised up His [fn]Servant G3816 and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant G3816, said,

‘WHY DID THE [fn]GENTILES RAGE,

AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE VAIN THINGS?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:27

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“For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy [fn]Servant G3816 Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the [fn]Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:30 - while You extend Your hand to heal, and [fn]signs and wonders happen through the name of Your holy [fn]Servant G3816 Jesus.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:12 - And they took away the boy G3816 alive, and were not a little comforted.
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