child

Greek Noun Male/Female

παῖς, genitive, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד, also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, etc;] 1) a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π, Mat.17:18, Luk.2:43 9:42, Act.20:12; ἡ π. Luk.8:51, 54 (on the artic. fern, of address, see M, Pr., 70 f, 235; B1, § 33, 4); pl, Mat.2:16 21:15; of parentage, with genitive, Jhn.4:51 2) Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. Auer, Fr. garcon, Eng. boy (Æsch, Aristoph, Xen, al.), servant, slave, attendant: Mat.8:6, 8 8:13 Luk.7:7 12:45 15:26; in late writers (Diod, LXX: Gen.41:37, al.), of a king's attendant or minister: Mat.14:2; so (= Heb. יְהוָֹה עֶבֶד) π. τ. θεοῦ (Psa.69:18, Isa.41:8, Wis.2:13, al.), of Israel, Luk.1:54; of David, Luk.1:69, Act.4:25; of Jesus (but see Dalman, Words, 277 f.), Mat.12:18 (LXX), Act.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 see Westc. on 1Jn.3:1. 2) see: θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f (AS)

child

Greek Noun Male/Female

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.)

Greek

Noun

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); child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man; perhaps from g3817 (παίω)