Lexical Definition

‎παιδίον‎ paidíon (pahee-dee'-on) child ^G:N-N
neuter diminutive of ‎παῖς‎

(little, young) child, damsel.

• a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl
• figuratively, an immature Christian

Abbott-Smith

παιδίον, -ου, τό, dimin, of παῖς, [in LXX chiefly for יֶלֶד, also for נַעַר, בֵּן, etc., freq. in To in ref. to full-grown youth;]
a young child, a little one: Mt 2:8, 9, 11, ff., Lk 1:59, 66, 76, 80 2:17, 27, 40, Jo 16:21, He 11:23; of older children, Mt 18:2, 4, 5, Mk 5:39-41 7:30 9:24, 36, Lk 9:47, 48 18:17, Jo 4:49; in pl., Mt 11:16 14:21 15:38 18:3 19:13, 14, Mk 7:28 10:13 ff., Lk 7:32 11:7 18:16, He 2:13, 14 Metaph., I Co 14:20. Colloq. in familiar address (as Eng. colloq., "lads"—v. M, Pr., 170n—and Irish use of "boys"): Jo 21:5, I Jo 2:13, 18 3:7.†
SYN.: v.s. παῖς.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

παιδίον-ον

(paroxytone), τό, diminutive of παῖς (never in Trag.), little or young child (up to 7 years, accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ παιδίονου from a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'chip of the old block', [Refs 1st c.BC+]

__II young slave, male or female, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III τὸ παιδίονον, a disease of children, probably convulsions, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 παίδι-ος, ὁ, barbarism for {παιδιόθεν}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]