Greek Word Study
παῖς
paîs
G3816
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G3816
KJV Translations
childmaid(-en)(man) servantsonyoung man
Derivation / Root
perhaps from G3817 (παίω);
Definition of paîs
παῖς (paîs) — 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)
Word Origin
This word comes perhaps from G3817 (παίω); See the root word: G3817 (παίω).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word παῖς (paîs) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from παῖς.
παίω
paíō
G3817
to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180 (τύπτω)); specially, to sting (as a scorpion)
παιδαγωγός
paidagōgós
G3807
a boy-leader, i.e. a servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by implication, (figuratively) a tutor ("pædagogue"))
παιδάριον
paidárion
G3808
a little boy
παιδεύω
paideúō
G3811
to train up a child, i.e. educate, or (by implication), discipline (by punishment)
παιδίον
paidíon
G3813
a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian
παιδίσκη
paidískē
G3814
a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant
παίζω
paízō
G3815
to sport (as a boy)
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