παῖς

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child

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)