Quick Definition
παῖς, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ n.f. & n.m. a boy or girl child
Strong's Definition
perhaps from 3817; a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)
KJV Usage: child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m./f. | παιδός | παίζω
9.41 · People · Children
child a young person, normally below the age of puberty and without distinction as to sex The term παῖς may occur with either masculine or feminine articles and corresponding adjectival attributes. These gender distinctions indicate whether the person referred to is male or female. With the masculine article or attributives one may translate παῖς[a] as ‘boy,’ and similarly with female attributives one may translate παῖς[a] as ‘girl.’
10.36 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations
child, offspring one’s immediate offspring, but without specific reference to sex or age In languages in which there is no generic term for ‘child’ or ‘offspring,’ one may use ‘son’ or ‘daughter’ or ‘son and daughter,’ singular or plural, depending upon the context.
MAT 17:18 · LUK 1:54 · LUK 1:69 · LUK 2:43 · LUK 8:51 · JHN 4:51
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πᾶς, πᾶσα, πᾶν, en. παντός, πάσης, παντός, [dat. plur. Lchm. πᾶσι ten times, -σιν seventy-two times; Tdf. -σι five times (see Proleg. p. 98 sq.), -ow seventy-seven times; Treg. -ow eighty-two times; WH -ox fourteen times, -ow sixty-eight times; see N, v (ἐφελκυστικόν)], Hebr. 75, [fr. Hom. down], all, every; it is used I. adjectively, and 1. with anarthrous nouns; a. any, every one (86. of the class denoted by the noun annexed to mas); with the Singular: as πᾶν δένδρον, Mt. iii. 10; πᾶσα θυσία, Mk. ix. 49 [T WH Tr mrg. om. Tr txt. br. the cl.]; add, Mt. v.11; xv. 13; Lk. iv. 37; Jn.ii. 10; xv.2; Acts ii.43; v.42; Ro. xiv. 11; 1 Co. iv. 17; Rev. xviii. 17, and very often; πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου, Ro. ii. 9 (πᾶσα ἀνθρ. ψυχή, Plat. Phaedr. p- 249e.); πᾶσα συνείδησις ἀνθρώπων, 2 Co. iv. 2; mas λεγόμενος θεός, 2 Th. ii. 4; πᾶς ἅγιος ἐν Χριστῷ, Phil. iv. 21sqq. with the Plural, all or any that are of the class indicated by the noun: as πάντες ἄνθρωποι, Acts xxii. 15; Ro. v. 12, 18; xii. 17 sq.; 1 Co. vii. 7; xv. 19; πάντες ἅγιοι, Ro. xvi. 15; πάντες ἄγγελοι θεοῦ, Heb. i. 6; πάντα [LT Tr WH ra] ἔθνη, Rev. xiv.8; on the phrase πᾶσα σάρξ, see σάρξ, 3. b. any and every, of every kind, [A. V. often all manner of |: πᾶσα νόσος καὶ μαλακία, Mt. iv. 23; ix. 35; x. 1; εὐλογία, blessings of every kind, Eph. i.3; so esp. with nouns designating virtues or vices, emotions, character, condition, to indicate every mode in which such virtue, vice or emotion manifests itself, or any object whatever to which the idea expressed by the noun belongs :—thus, πᾶσα ἐλπίς, Acts xxvii. 20; σοφία, Acts vii. 22; 6]. 1. 28 ; γνῶσις, Ro. xv. 14 ; ἀδικία, ἀσέβεια, etc., Ro. i. 18, 29; 2 Οο.χ. θ; Eph. iv. 19, 31; ν. 8; σπουδή, 2 Co. viii. 7; 2 Pet. i. 5; ἐπιθυμία, Ro. vii. 8; χαρά, Ro. xv. 13; αὐτάρκεια, 2 Co. ix. 8; ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ κ. γνώσει, 1 Co. i. 5; σοφίᾳ x. φρονήσει ete. Eph. i. 8; ἐν π. ἀγαθωσύνῃ κ. δικαιοσύνῃ, κι ἀληθείᾳ, Eph. v. 9; αἰσθήσει, Phil. i. 9; ὑπομονή, θλίψις, οἴο., 2 Co. i. 4; xii. 12; add, Col. i. 9511 5 τ|1: 16: 2. ΠῚ 1: {ΠῚ eu) ald tnigredlae bie Ὁ 15 2 Tim. iv. 2; Tit. ii. 15 (on which see ἐπιταγή); iii. 2; Jas. i. 21; 1 Pet. ii. 1; v.10; πᾶσα δικαιοσύνη, i.e. ὃ ἂν ἦ δίκαιον, Mt. iii. 15; πᾶν θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ, everything God wills, Col. iv. 12; πᾶσα ὑποταγή, obedience in all things, 1 Tim. ii. 11; πάσῃ συνειδήσει ἀγαθῇ, consciousness of rectitude in all things, Acts xxiii. 1;—or it signifies the highest degree, the maximum, of the thing which the noun denotes [cf. W. 110 (105 sq.); Ellicott on Eph. i. 8; Meyer on Phil. i. 20; Kriiger § 50, 11, 9 and 10]: as μετὰ πάσης παρρησίας, Acts iv. 29; xxviii. 31; pera rac. ταπεινοφροσύνης, Acts xx. 19; προθυμίας, Acts xvii. 11; χαρᾶς, Phil. ii. 29, cf. Jas. i. 2; ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφαλείᾳ, Acts v.23; ἐν παντὶ φόβῳ, 1 Pet. ii. 18; πᾶσα ἐξουσία, Mt. xxviii. 18, (πᾶν κράτος, Soph. Phil. 142). c. the whole (all, Lat. totus): so before proper names of countries, cities, nations; as, πᾶσα Ἱεροσόλυμα, Mt. ii. 3; πᾶς Ἰσραήλ, Ro. xi. 26; before collective terms, as πᾶς οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, Acts ii. 36; πᾶσα κτίσις (see κτίσις, 2 b.); πᾶσα γραφή (nearly equiv. to the ὅσα προεγράφη in Ro. xv. 4), 2 Tim. iii. 16 (ef. Rothe, Zur Dogmatik, p. 181); πᾶσα γερουσία υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, Ex. xii. 21; mas ἵππος Φαραώ, Ex. xiv. 23; πᾶν δίκαιον ἔθνος, Add. to Esth. i. 9; by a somewhat rare usage before other substantives also, as [πᾶν
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παῖς pais 24x
a child in relation to parents, of either sex, Jn. 4:51; a child in respect of age, either male or female, and of all ages from infancy up to manhood, a boy, youth, girl, maiden, Mt. 2:16; 17:18; Lk. 2:43; 8:54; a servant, slave, Mt. 8:6, 8, 13, cf. v. 9; Lk. 7:7, cf. v. 3, 10; an attendant, minister, Mt. 14:2; Lk. 1:69; Acts 4:25; also, Lk. 1:54; or, perhaps, a child in respect of fatherly regard
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παῖς, gen., παιδός, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד, also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, etc.;]
a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π., Mt 17:18, Lk 2:43 9:42, Ac 20:12; ἡ π. Lk 8:51, 54 (on the artic. nom, of address, v. M, Pr., 70 f., 235; Bl., § 33, 4); pl., Mt 2:16 21:15; of parentage, c. gen., Jo 4:51.
Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. puer, Fr. garçon, Eng. boy (Æsch., Aristoph., Xen., al.), servant, slave, attendant: Mt 8:6, 8, 13, Lk 7:7 12:45 15:26; in late writers (Diod., LXX: Ge 41:37, al.), of a king's attendant or minister: Mt 14:2; so (= Heb. עֶבֶד יְהֹוָה) π. τ. θεοῦ (Ps 66 (69):18, Is 41:8, Wi 2:13, al.), of Israel, Lk 1:54; of David, Lk 1:69, Ac 4:25; of Jesus (but v. Dalman, Words, 277 f.), Mt 12:18(LXX), Ac 3:13, 26 4:27, 30.†
SYN.: 1. τέκνον, child, with emphasis on parentage and the consequent community of nature; υἱός, son, with emphasis on the privileged position of heirship; π. refers both to age and parentage, but with emphasis on the former. Cf. also παιδάριον, παιδίον, παιδίσκη, and v. Westc. on I Jo 3:1. 2. v.s. θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παῖς. In Gnomon 41 (¢. A.D. 150) it is laid down—éav Αἰγύπτιος ἐκ κοπρίας [ἀν]έληται παῖδα καὶ τοῦτον υἱοποιήσηται, μετὰ θάνατον τεταρτολο[ γεῖτ]αι, ““1Γ an Egyptian shall take up a child from the dungheap, and adopt him as a son, he shall be mulcted after his death to the extent of one fourth of his property.” For παῖς applied to a female child see P Strass I. 41° (A.D. 250) ἐκδικῆσαι τὰ τῆς παιδός, and P Oxy 1 5215 (A.D. 325) εΠδαμὲν τὴν παῖδα ἔχουσαν κατὰ τῶν εἰσχίων ἀμυχὰς μετὰ πελιωμάτων (see 76. II. p. 319), ““νγῈ saw that the girl had wounds on her hips with livid spots”: cf. Lk 8° (for voc. of address see Pro/eg. pp. 70, 235). The word is commonly applied to slaves, as in Lk 77 a/., e.g. P Lille 27 (iii/B.c.), where 11 male slaves are enumerated under the heading παῖδες, then 2 female slaves, and then again 3 male slaves: cf. P Strass I. 405 (a. p. 569) Κολλοῦθος Βίκτορος φαμιλιάριος ἑδρᾳῖος κατάδουλος παῖς, and P Iand 207 (vi/vii A.D.) ἔασον τὸν Μηνᾶν καὶ τὸν παῖδαν λαβεῖν, where the editor cites Usener, Zfzc. p. 16819 ἀφίημι δὲ τῶν παίδων ἐλεύθερον Μῦν Νικίαν Λύκωνα. See also s.v. θεράπων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παῖς (pais) — child. παῖς, also παῦς (which see), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, genitive plural παίδων, Doric dialect παιδῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative plural παισί, Epic dialect παίδεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in early Epic dialect frequently disyllable in nominative πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; probably also in the fifth foot, [Refs]; and before bucolic diaeresis, [Refs]; also in Lyric poetry, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; and in Boeotian dialect, [Refs], compare πῆ; πάϊ [ᾰῑ] [Refs 8th c.BC+] (παιδ- is never disyllable in oblique cases in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; genitive παϊδός epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; dative παϊδί probably in [Refs 6th c.BC+]
I. in relation to Descent, child, whether son, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; or daughter, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παῖς, opposed to κόρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an adopted son, ἀλλά σε παῖδα ποιεύμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in orators of legal issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.2. metaphorically, ἀμπέλου π., of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρείας πέτρας π., of Echo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκου π. ἀνώνυμος, of the penalty of perjury, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+].; ἄναυδοι π. τᾶς ἀμιάντου, of fishes, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. periphrastic, οἱ Λυδῶν παῖδες sons of the Lydians, i. e. the Lydians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ [Ἀσκληπιοῦ] π., i. e. physicians, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ζωγράφων π. painters, [Refs]; παῖδες ῥητόρων orators, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; π. ἰατρῶν, π. πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων, [Refs]
II. in relation to Age, child, boy or girl, νέος π. [Refs 8th c.BC+] substantive, π. συφορβός boy-swineherd, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ παιδός from a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡλικίαν ἔχειν τὴν ἄρτι ἐκ π. to be just out of one's childhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν παισὶ (variant{παιδὶ}) ποιμαίνων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χορηγεῖν παισί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔνι τις καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν π., of the superstitious fears of a child, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. in relation to Condition, slave, servant, man or maid (of all ages), παῖ, παῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, of the crew of a ship, [Refs 4th c.BC+], Latin puer.)