παῖς

παῖς, genitive, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ

[in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד, also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, etc. ;]

1. a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π., Matt 17,18, Luk 2,43; 9,42, ApG 20,12; ἡ π. Luk 8,51, 54 (on the artic. fern, of address, see M, Pr., 70 f., 235; B1., § 33, 4); pl., Matt 2,16; 21,15; of parentage, with genitive, Joh 4,51

2. Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. Auer, Fr. garcon, Eng. boy (Æsch., Aristoph., Xen., al.), servant, slave, attendant: Matt 8,6, 8; 8,13 Luk 7,7; 12,45; 15,26; in late writers (Diod., LXX: 1 Mos 41,37, al.), of a king's attendant or minister : Matt 14,2 so (= Heb. יְהוָֹה עֶבֶד) π. τ. θεοῦ (Sl 69,18, Es 41,8, Wis 2,13, al.), of Israel, Luk 1,54 of David, Luk 1,69, ApG 4,25; of Jesus (but see Dalman, Words, 277 f.), Matt 12,18 (LXX), ApG 3,13, 26; 4,27, 30.†

SYN.:

1. τέκνον, child, with emphasis on parentage and the consequent community of nature; υἱός, son, with emphasis on the privileged position of heirship; π. refers both to age and parentage, but with emphasis on the former. Cf. also (παιδάριον), (παιδίον), (παιδίσκη), and see Westc. on 1 Joh 3,1,

2. see: θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f