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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
παῖς, παιδός, ὁ - ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
pais
Simplified transliteration: 
pais
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3816
GK Number: 
4090
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
24
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3c(2)
Gloss: 

boy, child, youth

Definition: 

boy, child, youth, usually below the age of puberty and not necessarily male; a personal servant, slave, attendant, with a possible implication of kind regard or close relationship; the word used in the Greek version of Isaiah, quoted in NT, for servant of the Lord.

a child, in relation to parents, of either sex, Jn. 4:51; a child in respect of age, either male or female, and of all ages from infancy up to manhood, a boy, youth, girl, maiden, Mt. 2:16; 17:18; Lk. 2:43; 8:54; a servant, slave, Mt. 8:6, 8, 13, cf. v. 9; Lk. 7:7, cf. v. 3, 10; an attendant, minister, Mt. 14:2; Lk. 1:69; Acts 4:25; also, Lk. 1:54; or, perhaps, a child in respect of fatherly regard

Greek-English Concordance for παῖς

Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious; and he sent and killed all the male (paidas | παῖδας | acc pl masc) children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.
Matthew 8:6 saying, “Lord, my servant (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) is lying at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
Matthew 8:8 But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof, but just say the word and my servant (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) will be healed.
Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it will be done for you just as you believed.” And his servant (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) was healed at that very hour.
Matthew 12:18 “Here is my servant (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
Matthew 14:2 And he said to his servants (paisin | παισίν | dat pl masc), “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Matthew 17:18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him; and the boy (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) was healed at once.
Matthew 21:15 But when the ruling priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the boys (paidas | παῖδας | acc pl masc) who were crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant,
Luke 1:54 He has helped his servant (paidos | παιδός | gen sg masc) Israel, remembering his mercy,
Luke 1:69 For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David his servant (paidos | παιδός | gen sg masc),
Luke 2:43 and had completed the days, as they were returning, the boy (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it.
Luke 7:7 For that reason I did not consider myself worthy to come to you. But speak the word and let my servant (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) be healed.
Luke 8:51 When he went into the house he did not allow anyone to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child (paidos | παιδός | gen sg fem) and her mother.
Luke 8:54 But taking her by the hand, he called out, “Child (pais | παῖς | voc sg fem), arise!”
Luke 9:42 While he was on his way, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child (paida | παῖδα | acc sg masc), and gave him back to his father.
Luke 12:45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male (paidas | παῖδας | acc pl masc) and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
Luke 15:26 So calling one of his servants (paidōn | παίδων | gen pl masc), he asked what this might be.
John 4:51 While he was still on his way down his servants met him and told him that his son (pais | παῖς | nom sg masc) was living.
Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — the God of our fathers — glorified his servant (paida | παῖδα | acc sg masc) Jesus, whom you delivered over and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.
Acts 3:26 God, having raised up his servant (paida | παῖδα | acc sg masc), sent him to you first, to bless you by turning each one of you from your wicked ways.”
Acts 4:25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant (paidos | παιδός | gen sg masc), by the Holy Spirit did say, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples devise vain schemes?
Acts 4:27 For truly there were gathered together in this city against your holy servant (paida | παῖδα | acc sg masc) Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 4:30 while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are done through the name of your holy servant (paidos | παιδός | gen sg masc) Jesus.”
Acts 20:12 And they took the boy (paida | παῖδα | acc sg masc) home alive and were encouraged not a little.