Quick Definition
κοράσιον, ου, τό n.n. a girl, little girl
Strong's Definition
a (little) girl
Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of (a maiden);
KJV Usage: damsel, maid
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου
9.40 · People · Females
girl (a diminutive derivative of κόρη ‘girl,’ not occurring in the NT, but seemingly having lost the diminutive feature of meaning) a girl about the age of puberty In MRK 5:41 κοράσιον is equated in meaning with the Aramaic term ταλιθα (see 9.48), and in MRK 5:42 this girl is identified as being twelve years of age. Compare also ἠνέχθη ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πίνακι καὶ ἐδόθη τῷ κορασίῳ ‘his head was brought in on a plate and given to the girl’ (MAT 14:11). It is impossible to determine the age of Herodias’ daughter, but in view of her role as an attractive dancer, she was probably of the age of puberty.
MAT 9:24 · MAT 9:25 · MAT 14:11 · MRK 5:41 · MRK 5:42 · MRK 6:22 · MRK 6:28 · MRK 6:28
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κοράσιον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of κόρη). prop. a collog. word used disparagingly (like the Germ. Mddel), a little girl (in the epigr. attributed to Plato in Diog. Laert. 3, 33; Lcian. as. 6); used by later writ. without disparagement [W. 24 (23)], α girl, damsel, maiden : Mt. ix. 24 sq.; xiv. 1; Mk. ν. 41 54.; vi. 22, 28; (oceasionally, as in Epictet. diss. 2, 1, 28; 3, 2,8; 4, 10, 33; Sept. for ΠᾺΡ; twice also for 711%, Joel iii. 3 (iv. 3); Zech. viii. 5; [Tob. vi. 12: Judith xvi. 12; Esth.ii.2]). The form and use of the word are fully discussed in Lobeck ad Phryn. p. 73 sq., ef. Sturz, De dial. Maced. ete. p. 42 sq.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κοράσιον korasion 8x
a girl, damsel, maiden, Mt. 9:24, 25; 14:11; Mk. 5:41, 42; 6:22, 28*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κοράσιον, -ου, τό,
(dimin. of κόρη), [in LXX chiefly for נַעֲרָה, Ru 2:8, al.; in Jl 3 (4):3, Za 8:5 for יַלְדָּה;]
a colloquial word which survives in MGr. (Kennedy, Sourcs, 154), girl, maiden: Mt 9:24, 25 14:11, Mk 5:41, 42 6:22, 28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κοράσιον. P Strass I. 79? (a deed of 5416---Β. 6. 16-15) κοράσιον δουλικόν, BGU III. 887° (a.p. 151) πέπρίακα τὸ] κ[ο]ρ[ἀ]σ[ι]ον δηναρίων τριακοσίων mevty[kovta, 120. 9137 (A.D. 206) δουλικὸ[ν] αὑτῆς κοράσιον -- female slave, and P Lond 331° (A.D. 165) (=II. p. 154), where a certain Cosmas is hired σὺν ἐπιστή(μοσι). . . τρισὶ Kal κορασίοις τέσσαpact (Δ τέσσαρσι), ‘“‘ with three . . . and four girls” (not “lads” as Ed.) to assist at a village-festival (see Wilcken Archiv i. p. 153, ili. p. 241). The word, which survives in MGr, is late and colloquial (cf. Sturz Déadect. p. 42 [.), and the idea of disparagement which old grammarians noticed (cf. Lob. Phryn. p. 73 ff., Rutherford VP, p. 148) reappears to some extent in the above papyri, though it is wanting in LXX and NT (‘cum nulla εὐτελισμοῦ significatione ἢ) : see Kennedy Sources, p. 154. HOOEVVULU. Kaibel 314511:. (iti/A.p.)— οὐδ᾽ οὕτως μου γένεσις δεινὴ πλησθεῖσ᾽ ἐκορέσθη, ἀλλ᾽ ἑτέραν πάλι μοι νόσον ἤγαγε γαστρὸς μοῖρα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κοράσιον (korasion) — girl. κορᾱσ-ιον, τό, in later Gr., diminutive of κόρη, little girl, maiden, [NT+4th c.BC+]