2. child, boy/girl — The sense of pais as 'child,' 'boy,' or 'girl,' denoting a young person irrespective of servile status. Includes the children slaughtered by Herod (Matt 2:16), children crying in the temple (Matt 21:15), the epileptic boy healed by Jesus (Matt 17:18), Jairus' daughter (Luke 8:51, 54 'the child'), the child Jesus presented in the temple (Luke 9:42), the royal official's son (John 4:51 'your child lives'), the young man Eutychus (Acts 20:12 'the boy'), and the boy Jesus at age twelve (Luke 2:43). Hebrew na'ar/na'arāh/yeladīm ('boy/girl/children'), Arabic ghulām, Korean ai/sonyeon ('child/boy'), Spanish niño/muchacho. Distinguished from the 'servant' sense by the Hebrew mapping to na'ar rather than 'eved and by the contextual focus on age and youth rather than social role or servile status. 9×
AR["الأَولادَ","الصِّبْيَانِ","الغُلَامُ","صَبِيَّ","صَبِيَّةُ","صَبِيَّةِ","طِفْلُ","ـفَتَى","فَتَى"]·ben["ছেলেকে","ছেলেটিকে","বালক","বালকদের","শিশু","শিশুদের","শিশুর","সন্তান"]·DE["Knecht"]·EN["boy","child","children"]·FR["serviteur"]·heb["הַנְּעָרִים","הַנַּעַר","יְלָדִים","נַּעַר","נַעֲרָה","נַעַר"]·HI["बच्चा","बच्चों","बालक","बालकों-को","लड़की","लड़के-को","लदक"]·ID["anak","anak-anak","anak-itu"]·IT["servo"]·jav["lare","lare-lare","laré","putra"]·KO["소년-이","소년을","아이-의","아이가","아이들-을","아이들이","아이를","아이야"]·PT["menina","menino","meninos","rapaz"]·RU["Дитя","Отрок","детей","мальчик","отрок","отрока","ребёнка"]·ES["muchacho","niña","niño","niños"]·SW["-","kijana","mtoto","mvulana","watoto"]·TR["Kız,","erkek-çocukları","kızın,","çocuk","çocukları","çocuğu","çocuğu,"]·urd["بچوں-کو","تیرا","لڑکا","لڑکی","لڑکی-کے","لڑکے","لڑکے-کو"]
Matt 2:16, Matt 17:18, Matt 21:15, Luke 2:43, Luke 8:51, Luke 8:54, Luke 9:42, John 4:51, Acts 20:12
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Senses
1. servant (of God or a master) — The sense of pais as 'servant' or 'slave,' denoting one who serves a master or, in theological usage, a servant of God. Includes the centurion's servant (Matt 8:6, 8, 13 'my servant is lying paralyzed'), Jesus as the Servant of God in Isaianic fulfillment quotations (Matt 12:18 'my servant whom I have chosen'; Acts 3:13, 26; 4:25, 27, 30 'your holy servant Jesus'), David as God's servant (Luke 1:69; Acts 4:25), Israel as God's servant (Luke 1:54), and the plural 'servants' (Matt 14:2 Herod's servants, Luke 12:45 menservants, Luke 15:26 servants in the Prodigal Son). Hebrew 'eved/avadīm ('servant/slaves'), Arabic 'abd, Korean jong ('servant'), Spanish siervo. This usage draws on the LXX tradition of pais as a translation for Hebrew 'eved, particularly in the Servant Songs of Isaiah. 15×
AR["العَبِيدَ","الغِلْمَانِ","عَبدِي","عَبْدَهُ","عَبْدِهِ","غُلامُ","غِلْمَانِهِ","فَتَاكَ","فَتَاهُ"]·ben["ছেলেদের","দাস","দাসকে","দাসদের","দাসের","বালক"]·DE["Knecht"]·EN["Servant","male-servants","servant","servants"]·FR["serviteur"]·heb["נְעָרִים","נַעַר","עֲבָדִים","עֲבָדָיו","עֶבֶד","עַבְדִּי"]·HI["की","क्यों","तूने","दास","दासों-को","येशू-को","सेवक","सेवकों-के","सेवकोन-से"]·ID["Hamba","hamba","hamba-hamba","itu","pelayan"]·IT["servo"]·jav["Abdi","abdi","abdi-jaler","réncang","réncang,"]·KO["너-의","너희-가","신하들에게","종","종-을","종-의","종이","하인","하인들과","하인들의"]·PT["Servo","servo","servos"]·RU["Отрок","Отрока","отрока","раба","слуг","слуга","слугам"]·ES["Siervo","criados","siervo","siervos"]·SW["Mtumishi","mtumishi","watumishi"]·TR["Kulunu","hizmetkarı","hizmetkarım","hizmetkârlardan","hizmetkârlarına","hizmetçim","kulu'nun","kulum","kulun","kuluna","kulunun","senin","siz","uşakları"]·urd["خادم","خادم-کو","میرا","نوکر","نوکروں","نوکروں-سے"]
Matt 8:6, Matt 8:8, Matt 8:13, Matt 12:18, Matt 14:2, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:69, Luke 7:7, Luke 12:45, Luke 15:26, Acts 3:13, Acts 3:26 (+3 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
παῖς, also παῦς (which see), παιδός, ὁ, ἡ, genitive plural παίδων, Doric dialect παιδῶνRefs 5th c.BC+; dative plural παισί, Epic dialect παίδεσσι Refs 8th c.BC+; in early Epic dialect frequently disyllable in nominative πάϊς, e. g. when forming part of two different feet, Refs 8th c.BC+; probably also in the fifth foot, Refs; and before bucolic diaeresis, Refs; also in Lyric poetry, Refs 7th…