What does παῖς · παιδίσκη mean in the Bible?
παῖς · παιδίσκη is a Greek phrase meaning "male servants and female servants".
Greek · G3816, G3814
παῖδας καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας
Child · maidservant
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παῖς G3816 child
Pronunciation paîs
Child emphasizing age and dependent status; servant emphasizing obedience and subordinate role to authority.
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παιδίσκη G3814 maidservant
Pronunciation paidískē
Young female servant or slave, often in domestic roles; diminutive form emphasizing youth or lower social status.
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What does παῖδας καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας (paidas kai tas paidiskas) mean in the Bible?
παῖς · παιδίσκη is a Greek phrase meaning "male servants and female servants".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3816, G3814?
G3816, G3814 is connected to 24 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. male servants and female servants
Source Gloss
male servants and female servants
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 24 Case pattern Nominative (9) Number pattern Singular (19)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:6 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 12:18 · Matt 17:18 · Luke 2:43 · Luke 7:7 · John 4:51 8×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 8:54 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 1:54 · Luke 1:69 · Acts 4:25 · Acts 4:30 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 8:51 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:26 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 14:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 9:42 · Acts 3:13 · Acts 3:26 · Acts 4:27 · Acts 20:12 5×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 2:16 · Matt 21:15 · Luke 12:45 3×
Word Origins
παῖδας καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain