Paidiskē παιδίσκη
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| παιδίσκη | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | paidiskē |
| Strong's number | G3814 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | maidservant |
| Occurrences | 13 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Galatians (4) |
Paidiskē (Greek παιδίσκη, Strong's G3814) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “maidservant”. It occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
παιδίσκη, -ης, ἡ dimin, of παῖς,
[in LXX for שִׁפְחָה, אָמָה, etc. ;]
1. a young girl, a maiden (נַעֲרָה, Rut.4:12).
2. Colloq., a young female slave, a maid-servant (see Kennedy, Sources, 40 f.; Deiss., LAE, 186, 332.2): Mat.26:69, Mrk.14:66, 69, Luk.12:45 22:56, Jhn.18:17, Act.12:13 16:16; of Hagar, Gal.4:22-23, 30" (LXX) ; id., metaphorically, Gal.4:31.†
SYN.: see: παῖς (AS)
[in LXX for שִׁפְחָה, אָמָה, etc. ;]
1. a young girl, a maiden (נַעֲרָה, Rut.4:12).
2. Colloq., a young female slave, a maid-servant (see Kennedy, Sources, 40 f.; Deiss., LAE, 186, 332.2): Mat.26:69, Mrk.14:66, 69, Luk.12:45 22:56, Jhn.18:17, Act.12:13 16:16; of Hagar, Gal.4:22-23, 30" (LXX) ; id., metaphorically, Gal.4:31.†
SYN.: see: παῖς (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | damsel (4), bondwoman (4), maid (2), maids (1), maidens (1), bondmaid (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | servant girl (5), slave woman (3), servant girls (1), maidservants (1), slave girl (1), slave woman's (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Paidiskē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Matthew
- Matthew 26:69Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
Mark
- Mark 14:66And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down
- Mark 14:69And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.There the servant girl saw him and again said to those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”
Luke
- Luke 12:45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- Luke 22:56But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
John
- John 18:17Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.
Acts
- Acts 12:13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
- Acts 16:16And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
Galatians
- Galatians 4:22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
- Galatians 4:23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
- Galatians 4:30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
- Galatians 4:31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).