παιδίσκη
paidiskēmaidservantHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine13 occurrences6 books12 verses
Definition
παιδίσκη, -ης, ἡ dimin, of παῖς,
[in LXX for שִׁפְחָה, אָמָה, etc. ;]
1. a young girl, a maiden (נַעֲרָה, Ruth 4:12).
2. Colloq., a young female slave, a maid-servant (see Kennedy, Sources, 40 f.; Deiss., LAE, 186, 332.2): Matthew 26:69, Mark 14:66, 69, Luke 12:45; 22:56, John 18:17, Acts 12:13; 16:16; of Hagar, Galatians 4:22-23, 30" (LXX) ; id., metaphorically, Galatians 4:31.
Synonyms: see: παῖς
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as παιδίσκη:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- Matthew 26:69παιδίσκη · servant girlMeanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.
- Mark 14:66παιδισκῶν · servant girlsWhile Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down
- Mark 14:69παιδίσκη · servant girlThere the servant girl saw him and again said to those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”
- Luke 12:45παιδίσκας · maidservantsBut 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.
- Luke 22:56παιδίσκη · servant girlA servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
- John 18:17παιδίσκη · servant girlAt this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.
- Acts 12:13παιδίσκη · [and] a servant girlHe knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
- Acts 16:16παιδίσκην · slave girlOne day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
- Galatians 4:22παιδίσκης · slave womanFor it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
- Galatians 4:23παιδίσκης · slave womanHis son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
- Galatians 4:30παιδίσκην · slave woman; παιδίσκης · slave woman’sBut what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
- Galatians 4:31παιδίσκης · of [the] slave womanTherefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.