Lexical Definition
παῖς paîs (paheece) child G:N-M/F
perhaps from παίω
child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.
- 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)
Abbott-Smith
παῖς, gen., παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד, also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, etc.;]
1. a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π., Mt 17:18, Lk 2:43 9:42, Ac 20:12; ἡ π. Lk 8:51, 54 (on the artic. nom, of address, v. M, Pr., 70 f., 235; Bl., § 33, 4); pl., Mt 2:16 21:15; of parentage, c. gen., Jo 4:51.
2. Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. puer, Fr. garçon, Eng. boy (Æsch., Aristoph., Xen., al.), servant, slave, attendant: Mt 8:6, 8, 13, Lk 7:7 12:45 15:26; in late writers (Diod., LXX: Ge 41:37, al.), of a king's attendant or minister: Mt 14:2; so (= Heb. עֶבֶד יְהֹוָה) π. τ. θεοῦ (Ps 66 (69):18, Is 41:8, Wi 2:13, al.), of Israel, Lk 1:54; of David, Lk 1:69, Ac 4:25; of Jesus (but v. Dalman, Words, 277 f.), Mt 12:18(LXX), Ac 3:13, 26 4:27, 30.†
SYN.: 1. τέκνον, child, with emphasis on parentage and the consequent community of nature; υἱός, son, with emphasis on the privileged position of heirship; π. refers both to age and parentage, but with emphasis on the former. Cf. also παιδάριον, παιδίον, παιδίσκη, and v. Westc. on I Jo 3:1. 2. v.s. θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 41:37 |
| Psalms | 69:18 |
| Isaiah | 41:8 |
| 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 · 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 |
| 1 John | 3:1 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
παῖς,
also παῦς (which see), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, genitive plural παίδων, Doric dialect παιδῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative plural παισί, Epic dialect παίδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in early Epic dialect frequently disyllable in nominative πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; probably also in the fifth foot, [Refs]; and before bucolic diaeresis, [Refs]; also in Lyric poetry, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; and in Boeotian dialect, [Refs], compare πῆ; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] [Refs 8th c.BC+] (παιδ- is never disyllable in oblique cases in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; genitive παϊδός epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; dative παϊδί probably in [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__I in relation to Descent, child, whether son, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; or daughter, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παῖς, opposed to κόρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in orators of legal issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2 metaphorically, ἀμπέλου π., of wine, [παῖς 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus 5 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρείας πέτρας π., of Echo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the penalty of perjury, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+].; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.3 periphrastic, οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π., i. e. physicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, [Refs]; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, [Refs]
__II in relation to Age, child, boy or girl, νέος π. [Refs 8th c.BC+] substantive, π. συφορβός boy-swineherd, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ παιδός from a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π. to be just out of one's childhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν παισὶ (variant{παιδὶ}) ποιμαίνων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χορηγεῖν παισί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π., of the superstitious fears of a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in relation to Condition, slave, servant, man or maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, of the crew of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+], Latin puer.)