Greek · Strong’s G3816
παῖς
paîs
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)
Derivation:
perhaps from G3817 (παίω);
24
Times used
0
Old Testament
24
New Testament
Verses
Words derived from it
- G3813παιδίον paidíona childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an im
- G3814παιδίσκη paidískēa girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant
- G3811παιδεύω paideúōto train up a child, i.e. educate, or (by implication), discipline (by punishment)
- G3807παιδαγωγός paidagōgósa boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor
- G3808παιδάριον paidáriona little boy
- G3815παίζω paízōto sport (as a boy)
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.