Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
παῖς (G3816)
24 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.
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