Paîs — G3816

Definition

feminine noun

a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)

1. a child, boy or girl
2. (Like the Latinpuer, equivalent to) servant, slave

Usually translated as

servant, child, son, maid, maiden, young man

Origin

perhaps from G3817

• paíō (G3817)

Occurrences

Paîs occurs 24 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (8), Luke (9), John (1), Acts (6)

• Matthew 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children (παῖδας) that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
• Matthew 8:6 — And saying, Lord, my servant (παῖς) lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
• Matthew 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant (παῖς) shall be healed.
• Matthew 8:13 — And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant (παῖς) was healed in the selfsame hour.
• Matthew 12:18 — Behold my servant (παῖς), whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
• Matthew 14:2 — And said unto his servants (παισὶν), This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
• Matthew 17:18 — And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child (παῖς) was cured from that very hour.
• Matthew 21:15 — And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children (παῖδας) crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
• Luke 1:54 — He hath holpen his servant (παιδὸς) Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
• Luke 1:69 — And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant (παιδὸς) David;
• Luke 2:43 — And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child (παῖς) Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
• Luke 7:7 — Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant (παῖς) shall be healed.
• Luke 8:51 — And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden (παιδὸς).
• Luke 8:54 — And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid (παῖς), arise.
• Luke 9:42 — And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child (παῖδα), and delivered him again to his father.
• Luke 12:45 — But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants (παῖδας) and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
• Luke 15:26 — And he called one of the servants (παίδων), and asked what these things meant.
• John 4:51 — And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son (παῖς) liveth.
• Acts 3:13 — The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son (παῖδα) Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
• Acts 3:26 — Unto you first God, having raised up his Son (παῖδα) Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 4:25 — Who by the mouth of thy servant (παιδὸς) David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
• Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child (παῖδα) Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
• Acts 4:30 — By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child (παιδὸς) Jesus.
• Acts 20:12 — And they brought the young man (παῖδα) alive, and were not a little comforted.