Greek word study
παῖς G3816
- Transliteration
- paîs
- KJV glosses
- child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man
Lexical summary
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)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
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)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information