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Strong's G3813 · Greek

παιδίον

paidion · pahee-dee'-on

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


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

παιδίον (G3813)

52 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. , 170 n —and Irish use of "boys"): Jo 21:5 , I Jo 2:13 , 18 3:7 .† SYN. : v.s. παῖς .

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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