Paidískē — G3814

Definition

feminine noun

a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant

1. a young girl, damsel
2. a maid-servant, a young female slave

Usually translated as

bondwoman, damsel, maid, bondmaid, maiden

Origin

feminine diminutive of G3816

• paîs (G3816)

Occurrences

Paidískē occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (2), Luke (2), John (1), Acts (2), Galatians (4)

• Matthew 26:69 — Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel (παιδίσκη) came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
• Mark 14:66 — And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids (παιδισκῶν) of the high priest:
• Mark 14:69 — And a maid (παιδίσκη) saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
• Luke 12:45 — But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens (παιδίσκας), and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
• Luke 22:56 — But a certain maid (παιδίσκη) beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
• John 18:17 — Then saith the damsel (παιδίσκη) that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.
• Acts 12:13 — And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel (παιδίσκη) came to hearken, named Rhoda.
• Acts 16:16 — And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel (παιδίσκην) possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
• Galatians 4:22 — For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid (παιδίσκης), the other by a freewoman.
• Galatians 4:23 — But he who was of the bondwoman (παιδίσκης) was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
• Galatians 4:30 — Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman (παιδίσκην) and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
• Galatians 4:30 — Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman (παιδίσκης) shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
• Galatians 4:31 — So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman (παιδίσκης), but of the free.