Greek n-m/f · G3816
παῖς
paispaheece
a child, boy, youth, maiden; Like; τέκνον; see
24 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: paîs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3816is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3816
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)
The King James renders it: child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pais is rendered "a child, boy, youth, maiden; Like; τέκνον; see". It stands 24 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "a child, boy, youth, maiden".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Matthew 2:16παῖδας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: a child, boy, youth, maiden, and Like, and τέκνον, and see.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a child, boy, youth, maidenὁ 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);... | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders… |
| Like | Tagged as
| WhereGenesis 41:37This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials. |
| τέκνονchild, with emphasis on parentage and the consequent community of nature | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God… |
| see | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- παῖς9
- παῖδα4
- παῖδας3
- παιδὸς3
- παιδός2
- παῖδά1
- παίδων1
- παισὶν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular8N-NSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular5N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular4N-GSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
- noun · vocative (address) · feminine singular1N-VSF
Matthew
eight uses
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- παῖδαςpaidasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: boys
“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: servant
The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: servant
Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: servant
“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: servant
and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
- παισὶνpaisinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: servants
Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: boy
But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
- παῖδαςpaidasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: children
Luke
nine uses
He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
- παιδὸςpaidosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: servant
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- παιδὸςpaidosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: servant
When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: boy
That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: servant
When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.
- παιδὸςpaidosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: child
But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
- παῖςpaisnoun · vocative (address) · feminine singulartagged: Child
Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- παῖδαpaidanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: boy
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- παῖδαςpaidasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: men-servants
So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.
- παίδωνpaidonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: servants
John
one use
And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
- παῖςpaisnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: boy
Acts
six uses
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
- παῖδαpaidanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: servant
When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
- παῖδαpaidanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: servant
You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- παιδόςpaidosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: servant
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- παῖδάpaidanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: servant
as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
- παιδόςpaidosnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: servant
And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.
- παῖδαpaidanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: boy
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.