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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 - Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came to him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:66 - And as Peter was below in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:69

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:69 - And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17 - Then saith the damsel that kept the door to Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination, met us, who brought her masters much gain by sooth-saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - But he who was of the bond-woman, was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman was by promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - Nevertheless, what saith the scripture? Cast out the bond-woman and her son: for the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31 - So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free.
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