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παιδίον, ου, τό n.n. a little child, an infant
Strong's Definition
neuter diminutive of 3816; a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian
KJV Usage: (little, young) child, damsel
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 παιδίον 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
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10.37 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations
child, offspring (diminutive of παῖς[b] ‘child,’ 10.36, but with the loss of at least most of the diminutive meaning) one’s immediate offspring One need not assume in LUK 11:7 that the children were in the same bed with their father. One may render this passage simply as ‘I have gone to bed and so have my children’ or ‘I am already in bed and so are my children,’ but see 6.108.
9.46 · People · Persons For Whom There Is Affectionate Concern
my child, my dear friend, my dear man, my dear one, my dear lad (extension of meaning of παιδίον[a] ‘child,’ 9.42) a person of any age for whom there is a special relationship of endearment and association In a number of languages παιδία in JHN 21:5 is better rendered as ‘my good friends’ or ‘my dear friends’ or ‘my dear comrades.’ In this context, not age, but the connotation of affection and endearment is in focus.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παιδίον, ov, τό, (dimin. of παῖς), [fr. Hdt. down], Sept. for 0, WA, 13, ete.; a young child, a little boy, a Little girl; plur. ra παιδία, infants; children; little ones. In sing.: univ., of an infant just born, Jn. xvi. 21; of a (male) child recently born, Mt. ii. 8 sq. 11, 13, 14, 20 sq.; Lk. i. 59, 66, 76, 80; ii. 17, 21 [Rec.], 27, 40; Heb. xi. 23; of ἃ more advanced child, Mt. xviii. 2, 4 54ᾳ.; Mk. ix. 36 sq-; [x. 15]; Lk. ix. 47 sq. ; (Lk. xviii. 17]; of a mature child, Mk. ix. 24; τινός, the son of some one, Jn. iv. 49; of a girl, Mk. v. 39-41; [vii.30 Ltxt.T Tr WH]. In plur. of (partly grown) children: Mt. xi. 16 GLT Tr WH; xiv. 21; xv. 38; xviii. 3; xix. 13sq.; Mk. vii. 28: x. 13 sqq-; Lk. vii. 32; xviii. 16; [Heb. ii. 14]; τινός, of some one, Lk. xi. 7, ef. Heb. ii. 13. Metaph. παιδία ταῖς φρεσί, children (i. e. like children) where the use of the mind is required, 1 Co. xiv. 20; in affectionate address, i. q. Lat. carissimi [A. V. children], Jn. xxi.5; 1Jn.ii. 14 (13), 18; [iii 7 WH mrg. Syn. see παῖς, fin.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παιδίον paidion 52x
an infant, babe, Mt. 2:8; but usually in NT as equiv. to παῖς, Mt. 14:21; Mk. 7:28, et al. freq.; pl. voc. used by way of endearment, my dear children, 1 Jn. 2:18; also as a term of familiar address, children, my lads, Jn. 21:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παιδίον, -ου, τό,
dimin, of παῖς, [in LXX chiefly for יֶלֶד, also for נַעַר, בֵּן, etc., freq. in To in ref. to full-grown youth;]
a young child, a little one: Mt 2:8, 9, 11, ff., Lk 1:59, 66, 76, 80 2:17, 27, 40, Jo 16:21, He 11:23; of older children, Mt 18:2, 4, 5, Mk 5:39-41 7:30 9:24, 36, Lk 9:47, 48 18:17, Jo 4:49; in pl., Mt 11:16 14:21 15:38 18:3 19:13, 14, Mk 7:28 10:13 ff., Lk 7:32 11:7 18:16, He 2:13, 14 Metaph., I Co 14:20. Colloq. in familiar address (as Eng. colloq., "lads"—v. M, Pr., 170n—and Irish use of "boys"): Jo 21:5, I Jo 2:13, 18 3:7.†
SYN.: v.s. παῖς.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παιδίον, a “child” from birth onwards: P/Giss I. 213 (B.c. 173 τὸ ταύτης παιδίον ὑποτίτθιον (cf. LXX Hos 14!) ἧι ὄνομα
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παιδίον (paidion) — child. παιδί-ον (paroxytone), τό, diminutive of παῖς (never in Trag.), little or young child (up to 7 years, accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ παιδίου from a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'chip of the old block', [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. young slave, male or female, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. τὸ παιδίον, a disease of children, probably convulsions, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. παίδι-ος, ὁ, barbarism for {παιδιόθεν}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]