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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 74 times in 69 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:16–Jdg 9:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - “Your slave is in your hands,” Abram said. “Do with her whatever you think best.” Then Sarai mistreated Hagar; so she fled from her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said to him, “Do not be so distressed about the boy and your slave woman. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring[fn] will be reckoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - The LORD has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - And Laban gave his servant Zilpah to his daughter as her attendant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - Laban gave his servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her attendant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife. Jacob slept with her,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:5 - and she became pregnant and bore him a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he found nothing. After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants. Now I am sending this message to my lord, that I may find favor in your eyes.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels[fn] of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - “Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you—for yourself, your male and female servants, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - “ ‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - And there rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns who have no allotment or inheritance of their own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you put your hand to.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17 - then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And rejoice before the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - The LORD will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - But today you have revolted against my father’s family. You have murdered his seventy sons on a single stone and have made Abimelek, the son of his female slave, king over the citizens of Shechem because he is related to you.

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