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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 13 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:69

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:69 - Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, “You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:66 - Meanwhile, Peter was in the courtyard below. One of the servant girls who worked for the high priest came by

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:69

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:69 - When the servant girl saw him standing there, she began telling the others, “This man is definitely one of them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17 - The woman asked Peter, “You’re not one of that man’s disciples, are you?”
“No,” he said, “I am not.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - He knocked at the door in the gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to open it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a demon-possessed slave girl. She was a fortune-teller who earned a lot of money for her masters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - But what do the Scriptures say about that? “Get rid of the slave and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31 - So, dear brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman; we are children of the free woman.
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