noun · feminine
paidiskas
Greekπαιδίσκη (paidiskē)
Strong’sG3814
a female slave, maidservant, maid.
stem paidisk-13 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
παιδίσκη, -ης, ἡ,
dimin, of παῖς, [in LXX for שִׁפְחָה, אָמָה, etc.;]
SYN.: v.s. παῖς.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3814 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpahee-dis'-kay
a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant
Fromfeminine diminutive of G3816;
King Jamesbondmaid(-woman), damsel, maid(-en).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | paidiskas5×παιδίσκη | paidiskais |
| object accusative | paidiskan2×παιδίσκην | paidiskain1×παιδίσκας |
| direct address vocative | paidiskar | paidiskair |
| of, belonging to genitive | paidiskau4×παιδίσκης | paidiskaiu1×παιδισκῶν |
| to, for dative | paidiska | paidiskai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
paidiska is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
paidiskas“servant girl”subjectnominative singular5×
Matthew 26:69“servant girl”Tos de Petros kathete exō en ta aula; kai proserchata auto henas paidiskas legarōtas; Kai sis ase meta Iēsu tou Galilaiou;Meanwhile, 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 14:69“servant girl”kai tas paidiskas horaratas auton archeta palin legarō toi paristanarētoi hoti Houtos ek autoiu atō.There the servant girl saw him and again said to those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”
Luke 22:56“servant girl”horaratas de auton paidiskas tinas katherōton pros tem fōtem kai atenizaratas auto legata; Kai houtos sun auto ate;A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
John 18:17“servant girl”legatō oun to Petro tas paidiskas tas thurōras; Mē kai sis ek toiu mathētoiu asō tou anthrōpou houtou? legatō ekeinos; Ouk amō.At 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 12:13“servant girl”krouaratou de autou tan thuran tou pulōnou proserchata paidiskas hupakouara onome Rodas,He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
paidiskan“slave”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 16:16“slave girl”Gineta de poreuerōtoiu nu eis tan proseuchan paidiskan tinan echarōtan pneumem puthōnon hupantara ni, hotinas ergasian pollan parechate toi kurioi autau manteuerōtas;One 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 4:30“slave”alla tinem legatō tas grafas? Ekballasar tan paidiskan kai ton huion autau, ouk gar mē klēronomati tos huios tau paidiskau meta tou huiou tau eleutherau.But 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.”
paidiskau“slave”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Galatians 4:22“slave woman”grafitē gar hoti Abraam duo huioin echata, henon ek tau paidiskau kai henon ek tau eleutherau;For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
Galatians 4:23“slave”alla tos men ek tau paidiskau kata sarxan gennitē, tos de ek tau eleutherau dia epangeliau.His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
Galatians 4:30“slave”alla tinem legatō tas grafas? Ekballasar tan paidiskan kai ton huion autau, ouk gar mē klēronomati tos huios tau paidiskau meta tou huiou tau eleutherau.But 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 4:31“slave”dio, adelfoir, ouk anō paidiskau tekneim alla tau eleutherau.Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
paidiskain“women”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 12:45“women”ean de legateia tos doulos ekeinos en ta kardia autou; Chronizatō tos kurios mu ercherō, kai archeteia tuptarō toin paidoin kai tain paidiskain, esthiarō tē kai pinarō kai methuskirō,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.
paidiskaiu“servant girls”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Mark 14:66“servant girls”Kai arōtou tou Petrou katō en ta aula erchetō henas taiu paidiskaiu tou archierevou,While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down