Paidiskē παιδίσκη

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Paidiskē
παιδίσκη
Transliterationpaidiskē
Strong's numberG3814
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossmaidservant
Occurrences13 in 12 verses
Most frequent inGalatians (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)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdamsel (4), bondwoman (4), maid (2), maids (1), maidens (1), bondmaid (1)
BSBservant 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

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Galatians

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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