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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 - And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, 'And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:66 - And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:69

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:69 - And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near -- 'This is of them;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - 'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - and a certain maid having seen him sitting at the light, and having earnestly looked at him, she said, 'And this one was with him!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:17 - Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, 'Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, 'I am not;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:16 - And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - but he who is of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who is of the free-woman, through the promise;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - but what saith the Writing? 'Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may 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 - then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.
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