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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 381 times in 350 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 9:25–Gen 39:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:26 - He also said, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God extend Japheth’s[fn] territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16

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 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - During the night Abram divided his men to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord,[fn] do not pass your servant by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 - Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - Your[fn] servant has found favor in your[fn] eyes, and you[fn] have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:8 - Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.

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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 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim[fn] and made his way to the town of Nahor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’—let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:34 - So he said, “I am Abraham’s servant.

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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 24:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham’s servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:57 - Then they said, “Let’s call the young woman and ask her about it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:59 - So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her attendants got ready and mounted the camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “He is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:66

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:66 - Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:19 - Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”

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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 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord Esau: ‘Your servant Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban and have remained there till now.

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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 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:10 - I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. I had only my staff when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16 - He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:12 - Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - she called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.

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