Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

παιδίον

Vocabulary form: 
paidivon, -ou, tov
Definition: 

child, infant

Frequency: 
52
GK: 
4086
Root: 
paidio
Cognates: 

A child is one who learns, who needs to be taught.

Paideutics (paideutikovV) and pedagogy are the art of teaching.

The combining form pedo is also common, as in pedobaptism.

Mnemonics

Paideutics (paideutikovV) and pedagogy are the art of teaching.

Related to the word, “pediatric.”

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 2:8 Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child (paidiou | παιδίου | gen sg neut); and when you have found him, report back to me, so that I also may go and worship him.”
Matthew 2:9 And having listened to the king, they continued their journey, and the star they had seen in its rising went before them until it stopped over the place where the child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) was.
Matthew 2:11 Upon entering the house they saw the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) with Mary his mother, and falling to their knees they worshiped him. Then opening their treasure chests, they presented him with gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Matthew 2:13 After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Rise, take the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) to destroy him.”
Matthew 2:14 So he got up, took the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) and his mother by night, and left for Egypt,
Matthew 2:20 saying, “Rise, take the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s (paidiou | παιδίου | gen sg neut) life are dead.”
Matthew 2:21 So Joseph got up, took the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) and his mother, and went into the land of Israel.
Matthew 11:16 “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children (paidiois | παιδίοις | dat pl neut) sitting in the marketplaces who cry to their friends,
Matthew 14:21 Not counting women and children (paidiōn | παιδίων | gen pl neut), there were about five thousand men who had eaten.
Matthew 15:38 Not counting women and children (paidiōn | παιδίων | gen pl neut), there were four thousand men who had eaten.
Matthew 18:2 Jesus invited a child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) to come to him, and placing him in their midst,
Matthew 18:3 said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like children (paidia | παιδία | nom pl neut), you will never enter the kingdom of heaven!
Matthew 18:4 For whoever humbles himself as this child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:5 And whoever welcomes a child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) like this in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 19:13 Then children (paidia | παιδία | nom pl neut) were brought to Jesus so that he might lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the children (paidia | παιδία | acc pl neut) come to me and do not try to prevent them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Mark 5:39 Upon entering he said to them, “Why are you making such a commotion and weeping? The child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) has not died, but is sleeping.”
Mark 5:40 And they began to ridicule him. But when he had put them all out, he took the father of the child (paidiou | παιδίου | gen sg neut) and her mother and those who were with him and went in where the child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) was.
Mark 5:41 And taking hold of the child’s (paidiou | παιδίου | gen sg neut) hand, child’s (paidiou | παιδίου | gen sg neut) he said to her, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.”
Mark 7:28 But she answered him, saying, “Lord, even the dogs under the table feed from the children’s (paidiōn | παιδίων | gen pl neut) crumbs.”
Mark 7:30 And when she arrived at her house, she found the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) lying on the bed, the demon having departed.
Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the boy (paidiou | παιδίου | gen sg neut) cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
Mark 9:36 And taking a child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut), he put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,
Mark 9:37 “Whoever receives one of these children (paidiōn | παιδίων | gen pl neut) in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the one who sent me.”
Mark 10:13 And people were bringing to him children (paidia | παιδία | acc pl neut) so that he could touch them, but his disciples rebuked them.
Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children (paidia | παιδία | acc pl neut) come to me. Do not prevent them, for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:15 I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) will never enter it.”
Luke 1:59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut), and they wanted to call him by the name of his father, Zechariah.
Luke 1:66 All who heard took these things to their heart, saying, “What, then, will this child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke 1:76 And you, child (paidion | παιδίον | voc sg neut), will be called prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
Luke 1:80 And the child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in wilderness areas until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Luke 2:17 And when they had seen him, they made it known concerning the message that had been spoken to them about this child (paidiou | παιδίου | gen sg neut).
Luke 2:27 So he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,
Luke 2:40 And the child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
Luke 7:32 They are like children (paidiois | παιδίοις | dat pl neut) sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, but you did not weep.’
Luke 9:47 But Jesus, aware of the reasoning of their heart, took a child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut), had him stand at his side,
Luke 9:48 and said to them, “Whoever receives this child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. So the one who is least among you all, this is the one who is great.”
Luke 11:7 and he from inside answers, ‘Do not cause me trouble; already the door has been locked and my children (paidia | παιδία | nom pl neut) are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’
Luke 18:16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children (paidia | παιδία | acc pl neut) come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
Luke 18:17 I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child (paidion | παιδίον | nom sg neut) shall certainly never enter it.”
John 4:49 The officer said to him, “Sir, come down before my little (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) boy (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) dies.”
John 16:21 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come; but when the baby (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut) is born, she no longer remembers the anguish, because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
John 21:5 So Jesus called to them, “Boys (paidia | παιδία | voc pl neut), you have not caught any fish, have you?” They called back to “No.”
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, do not be children (paidia | παιδία | nom pl neut) in your thinking. Rather, in evil be infants but in your thinking be adults.
Hebrews 2:13 And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Here I am and the children (paidia | παιδία | nom pl neut) whom God has given me.”
Hebrews 2:14 Therefore since the children (paidia | παιδία | nom pl neut) share in blood and flesh, he himself also, in the same way, shared the same things so that by his death he might destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),
Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was an extraordinary child (paidion | παιδίον | acc sg neut), and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
1 John 2:14 I have written to you, my children (paidia | παιδία | voc pl neut), because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:18 My children (paidia | παιδία | voc pl neut), it is the last hour! And just as you heard that the Antichrist would come, even now many antichrists have appeared. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.