Quick Definition
παιδάριον, ου, τό n.n. a little boy, lad
Strong's Definition
neuter of a presumed derivative of 3816; a little boy
KJV Usage: child, lad
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | παίζω
9.42 · People · Children
child (diminutive of παῖς[a] ‘child,’ 9.41, but in the NT παιδάριον has seemingly lost at least most of this diminutive force, but may have retained some implications of affectionate concern or interest) a child, normally below the age of puberty Note that παιδάριον in JHN 6:9 denotes merely a child; it is the referential pronoun ὅς which indicates masculine gender, and therefore one may translate ‘boy.’
It is also possible that in this context the diminutive παιδάριον carries some connotation of endearment.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παιδάριον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of παῖς, see γυναικάριον), a little boy, a lad: Mt. xi. 16 Rec.; Jn. vi. 9. (Arstph., Xen., Plat., sqq.: Sept. very often for Ἢ"), also for 3: [παιδάριον of an adult youth, Tob. vi. 2, ete. (ef. 11 54.}}.) [Sywn. see παῖς, fin. ]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παιδάριον paidarion 1x
a little boy, child; a boy, lad, Jn. 6:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παιδάριον, -ου, τό, dimin. of παῖς,
[in LXX chiefly for נַעַר;]
a little boy, a lad (in late and colloq. Gk. the word seems to be used with greater latitude and even to lose its dimin. force entirely; cf. To 6:2, 3, and v. MM, xviii): Jo 6:9.†
SYN.: v.s. παῖς.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παιδάριον. The latitude of this word, formerly a diminutive, is well seen in its record. In Sy// 797 (=* 1163)° (ii/B.c.) τὸ παιδάριον ὃ ᾿Αννύλα κύει is of course an unborn child, while in Tob 62! παιδάριον describes a young man who can drag on shore the magic fish that is to supply the safeguard for his marriage. In P Lond 438 (ii/B.c.) (= I. Ρ- 48, Chrest. I. p. 162) a mother congratulates her son and herself because he is learning Αἰγύπτια γράμματα and will soon be able to teach τὰ παιδάρια in a school: cf. P Par 49%! (B.c. 161-0) (= UPZi. p. 309) ἀγωνιῶ, μήποτε ἀ[ρ]ρωστεῖ τὸ παιδάριον, and P Lond 11715 (B.c. 8) (= IIIT. p- 177), where 12 drachmae are entered as paid παιδαρίωι ὑπάρνω ἀγέλη, implies a boy old enough to look after sheep. Παιδάριον is very common = ‘‘slave,” as in BGU IV. 107915 (A.D. 41) (= Chrest. I. p. 8&4) ἐγὼ παιδάριν (Δ παιδάριον) εἰμί, in an appeal to a Jewish moneylender: ci. P Amh II. 8827 (a.p. 128) (= Chrest. 11. p- 762) 860 . . . παιδαρίοις τῶι μὲν ἐνεστῶτι (ἔτει) πυροῦ (ἀρτάβης) ἥμισυ, P Oxy IX. 1207!° (A.D. 175-6?) orovd| js]
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παιδάριον (paidarion) — boy. παιδᾰρ-ιον, τό, diminutive of παῖς, little boy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ παιδαρίου from a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εἶ you're a mere boy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, little girl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, young children, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. young slave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]