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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - Herodes entonces, cuando se vio burlado por los magos, se enojó mucho, y mandó matar a todos los niños menores de dos años que había en Belén y en todos sus alrededores, conforme al tiempo que había inquirido de los magos.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:6 - y diciendo: Señor, mi criado está postrado en casa, paralítico, gravemente atormentado.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:8 - Respondió el centurión y dijo: Señor, no soy digno de que entres bajo mi techo; solamente di la palabra, y mi criado sanará.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:13 - Entonces Jesús dijo al centurión: Ve, y como creíste, te sea hecho. Y su criado fue sanado en aquella misma hora.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - He aquí mi siervo, a quien he escogido; Mi Amado, en quien se agrada mi alma; Pondré mi Espíritu sobre él, Y a los gentiles anunciará juicio.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:2 - y dijo a sus criados: Este es Juan el Bautista; ha resucitado de los muertos, y por eso actúan en él estos poderes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:18 - Y reprendió Jesús al demonio, el cual salió del muchacho, y éste quedó sano desde aquella hora.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:15 - Pero los principales sacerdotes y los escribas, viendo las maravillas que hacía, y a los muchachos aclamando en el templo y diciendo: ¡Hosanna al Hijo de David! se indignaron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 1:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 1:54 - Socorrió a Israel su siervo, Acordándose de la misericordia

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 1:69

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 1:69 - Y nos levantó un poderoso Salvador En la casa de David su siervo,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 2:43 - Al regresar ellos, acabada la fiesta, se quedó el niño Jesús en Jerusalén, sin que lo supiesen José y su madre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 7:7 - por lo que ni aun me tuve por digno de venir a ti; pero dí la palabra, y mi siervo será sano.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 8:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 8:51 - Entrando en la casa, no dejó entrar a nadie consigo, sino a Pedro, a Jacobo, a Juan, y al padre y a la madre de la niña.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 8:54 - Mas él, tomándola de la mano, clamó diciendo: Muchacha, levántate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 9:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 9:42 - Y mientras se acercaba el muchacho, el demonio le derribó y le sacudió con violencia; pero Jesús reprendió al espíritu inmundo, y sanó al muchacho, y se lo devolvió a su padre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 12:45 - Mas si aquel siervo dijere en su corazón: Mi señor tarda en venir; y comenzare a golpear a los criados y a las criadas, y a comer y beber y embriagarse,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luc 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuc 15:26 - y llamando a uno de los criados, le preguntó qué era aquello.

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Unchecked Copy Box Juan 4:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJuan 4:51 - Cuando ya él descendía, sus siervos salieron a recibirle, y le dieron nuevas, diciendo: Tu hijo vive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 3:13 - El Dios de Abraham, de Isaac y de Jacob, el Dios de nuestros padres, ha glorificado a su Hijo Jesús, a quien vosotros entregasteis y negasteis delante de Pilato, cuando éste había resuelto ponerle en libertad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 3:26 - A vosotros primeramente, Dios, habiendo levantado a su Hijo, lo envió para que os bendijese, a fin de que cada uno se convierta de su maldad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 4:25 - que por boca de David tu siervo dijiste: ¿Por qué se amotinan las gentes, Y los pueblos piensan cosas vanas?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 4:27 - Porque verdaderamente se unieron en esta ciudad contra tu santo Hijo Jesús, a quien ungiste, Herodes y Poncio Pilato, con los gentiles y el pueblo de Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 4:30 - mientras extiendes tu mano para que se hagan sanidades y señales y prodigios mediante el nombre de tu santo Hijo Jesús.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hech 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHech 20:12 - Y llevaron al joven vivo, y fueron grandemente consolados.
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