STRONGS G3814:
παιδίσκη,
παιδίσκης,
ἡ (feminine of
παιδίσκος, a young boy or slave; a diminutive of
παῖς, see
νεανίσκος);
1. a young girl, damsel (
Xenophon,
Menander,
Polybius,
Plutarch,
Lucian; the
Sept. Ruth 4:12).
2. a maid-servant, a young female slave; cf. German
Mädchen (our
maid) for a young female-servant (
Herodotus 1, 93;
Lysias,
Demosthenes, others):
Luke 12:45;
Acts 16:16; opposed to
ἡ ἐλευθέρα,
Galatians 4:22f,
30f; specifically, of the maid-servant who had charge of the door:
Matthew 26:69;
Mark 14:66,
69;
Luke 22:56;
Acts 12:13;
ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός,
John 18:17; (also in the
Sept. of a female
slave, often for
אָמָה,
שִׁפְחָה). Cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 239. (Synonym: see
παῖς, at the end.)
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