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Lexicon :: Strong's G3816 - pais

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παῖς
Transliteration
pais (Key)
Pronunciation
paheece
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from παίω (G3817)
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TDNT Reference: 5:636,759

Strong’s Definitions

παῖς paîs, paheece; perhaps from G3817; a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God):—child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G3816 in the following manner: servant (10x), child (7x), son (Christ) (2x), son (1x), manservant (1x), maid (1x), maiden (1x), young man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G3816 in the following manner: servant (10x), child (7x), son (Christ) (2x), son (1x), manservant (1x), maid (1x), maiden (1x), young man (1x).

  1. a child, boy or girl

    1. infants, children

  2. servant, slave

    1. an attendant, servant, spec. a king's attendant, minister

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παῖς paîs, paheece; perhaps from G3817; a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God):—child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.
STRONGS G3816:
παῖς, genitive παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, from Homer down; in the N. T. only in the Gospels and Acts;
1. a child, boy or girl; the Sept. for נַעַר and נַעֲרָה (Genesis 24:28; Deuteronomy 22:15, etc.): ὁ παῖς, Matthew 17:18; Luke 2:43; Luke 9:42; Acts 20:12; ἡ παῖς, Luke 8:51, 54; plural infants, children, Matthew 2:16; Matthew 21:15; ὁ παῖς τίνος, the son of one, John 4:51.
2. (Like the Latin puer, equivalent to) servant, slave (Aeschylus choëph. 652; Aristophanes nub. 18, 132; Xenophon, mem. 3, 13, 6; symp. 1, 11; 2, 23; Plato, Charm., p. 155 a.; Protag., p. 310c. and often; Diodorus 17, 76; others; so the Sept. times without number for עֶבֶד (cf. Winers Grammar, p. 30, no. 3); cf. the similar use of German Bursch (French garcon, English boy)): Matthew 8:6, 8, 13; Luke 7:7 cf. Luke 7:10; Luke 12:45; Luke 15:26. an attendant, servant, specifically, a king's attendant, minister: Matthew 14:2 (Diodorus 17:36; hardly so in the earlier Greek writings; Genesis 41:37; 1 Samuel 16:15-17; 1 Samuel 18:22, 26; Daniel 2:7; 1 Macc. 1:6, 8; 1 Esdr. 2:16 1 Esdr. 5:33, 35); hence, in imitation of the Hebrew יְהוָה עֶבֶד, παῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ is used of a devout worshipper of God, one who fulfils God's will (Psalm 68:18 (Ps. 69:18); Psalm 112:1 (Ps. 113:1); Wis. 2:13, etc.) thus, the people of Israel, Luke 1:54 (Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:19; Isaiah 44:1f, 21, etc.); David, Luke 1:69; Acts 4:25 (Psalm 17:1 (Ps. 18:1); Ps 35:1 (Ps. 36:1) (Ald., Complutensian), etc.); likewise any upright and godly man whose agency God employs in executing his purposes; thus in the N. T. Jesus the Messiah: Matthew 12:18 (from Isaiah 42:1); Acts 3:13, 26; Acts 4:27, 30 (cf. Harnack on the Epistle of Barnabas 6, 1 and Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 59, 2 ); in the O. T. also Moses, Nehemiah 1:7f; the prophets, 1 Esdr. 8:79(81); Baruch 2:20, 24; and others. [Synonym: παῖς, παιδάριον, παιδίον, παιδίσκη, τέκνον: The grammarian Aristophanes is quoted by Ammonius (s.v. γέρων) as defining thus: παιδίον, τὸ τρεφόμενον ὑπὸ τιθηνοῦ· παιδάριον δέ, τὸ ἤδη περιπατοῦν καὶ τῆς λέξεως ἀντεχόμενον· παιδίσκος δʹ͵ ὁ ἐν τῂ ἐχομένῃ ἡλικίᾳ· παῖς δʹ διὰ τῶν ἐγκυκλίων μαθημάτων δυνάμενος ἰέναι· Philo (de mund. opif. §36) quotes the physician Hippocrates as follows; ἐν ἀνθρώπου ϕύσει ἑπτά έἰσιν ὧραι κ.τ.λ.· παιδίον μέν ἐστιν ἄχρις ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν͵ ὀδόντων ἐκβολῆς· ταῖς δὲ ἄχρι γονῆς ἐκϕύσεως͵ εἰς τὰ δὶς ἑπτά· μειράκιον δὲ ἄχρι γενείου λαχνώσεως͵ ἐς τὰ τρὶς ἑπτά͵ etc., According to Schmidt, παιδίον denotes a child up to its first school years; παῖς is a child of any age; (παιδίσκος and παιδίσκη, in which reference to descent quite disappears, cover the years of late childhood and early youth. But usage is untrammelled; from a child is expressed either by ἐκ παιδός (most frequently). or ἐκ παιδίου, or ἐκ (ὰπό) παιδαρίου. παῖς and τέκνον denote a child alike as respects descent and age, reference to the latter being more prominent in the former word, to descent in τέκνον; but the period παῖς covers is not sharply defined; and, in classic usage as in modern, youthful designations cleave to the female sex longer than to the male. See Schmidt ch. 69; Höhne in Luthardt's Zeitschrift u. s. w. for 1882, p. 57 sqq.] On the elasticity of the term παῖς as respects age, see Bp. Lghtft. Apostolic Fathers, Pt. II. vol. i. p. 432 note.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:28; 41:37
Deuteronomy
22:15
1 Samuel
16:15; 16:16; 16:17; 18:22; 18:26
Nehemiah
1:7
Psalms
17:1; 18:1; 35:1; 36:1; 68:18; 69:18; 112:1; 113:1
Isaiah
41:8; 42:1; 42:19; 44:1; 44:21
Daniel
1; 2:7
Matthew
2:16; 8:6; 8:8; 8:13; 12:18; 14:2; 17:18; 21:15
Luke
1:54; 1:69; 2:43; 7:7; 7:10; 8:51; 8:54; 9:42; 12:45; 15:26
John
4:51
Acts
3:13; 3:26; 4:25; 4:27; 4:30; 20:12

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
24:28; 41:37
Deuteronomy
22:15
1 Samuel
16:15; 16:16; 16:17; 18:22; 18:26
Nehemiah
1:7
Psalms
17:1; 18:1; 35:1; 36:1; 68:18; 69:18; 112:1; 113:1
Isaiah
41:8; 42:1; 42:19; 44:1; 44:21
Daniel
1; 2:7
Matthew
2:16; 8:6; 8:8; 8:13; 12:18; 14:2; 17:18; 21:15
Luke
1:54; 1:69; 2:43; 7:7; 7:10; 8:51; 8:54; 9:42; 12:45; 15:26
John
4:51
Acts
3:13; 3:26; 4:25; 4:27; 4:30; 20:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3816 matches the Greek παῖς (pais),
which occurs 383 times in 352 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 9:25–Gen 39:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:26 - He also said, "Worthy of praise is the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God enlarge Japheth's territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - He said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17 - Then the LORD said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - He said, "Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant's house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning." "No," they replied, "we'll spend the night in the town square."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I'll die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech's servants had seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - So he said to his servants, "You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked him, "What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - I will say to a young woman, 'Please lower your jar so I may drink.' May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply, 'Drink, and I'll give your camels water too.' In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - Abraham's servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - The young woman ran and told her mother's household all about these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:34 - "I am the servant of Abraham," he began.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - Then he brought out gold, silver jewelry, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and to her mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - Then they said, "We'll call the girl and find out what she wants to do."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham's servant and his men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:61

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with the man. So Abraham's servant took Rebekah and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:65

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - and asked Abraham's servant, "Who is that man walking in the field toward us?" "That is my master," the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:66

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:66 - The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father's servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - When Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - That day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. "We've found water," they reported.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - He commanded them, "This is what you must say to my lord Esau: 'This is what your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16 - He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants, "Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - then you must say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - You must also say, 'In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.'" Jacob thought, "I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked, "Who are these people with you?" Jacob replied, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - Esau then asked, "What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?" Jacob replied, "To find favor in your sight, my lord."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I'll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - she called for her household servants and said to them, "See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly.

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