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Lexicon :: Strong's G3814 - paidiskē

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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 37 times in 34 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
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