παιδίσκη paidiskē

Greek word for “maidservant” · Strong’s G3814 · used 13 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

παιδίσκη, -ης, ἡ dimin, of παῖς;

How it is translated

Glosses given for paidiskē in context, with how often each is used:

• slave woman 5
• servant girl 4
• girl 2
• servant girls 1
• maid-servants 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Galatians 4 (4), Mark 14 (2), Matthew 26 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 22 (1), John 18 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 16 (1)

Forms

• παιδίσκη 5
• παιδίσκης 4
• παιδίσκην 2
• παιδισκῶν 1
• παιδίσκας 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with paidiskē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐλεύθερος eleutheros “free/freedom” 4
• αὐλή aulē “palace/courtyard” 2
• Πέτρος Petros “Peter” 3
• εἷς ehis “one” 3
• προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 2
• ἄρχω archō “be first” 2
• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 2
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

The verses using paidiskē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 26:69 — Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
• Mark 14:66 — And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
• Mark 14:69 — And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.
• Luke 12:45 — But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be…
• Luke 22:56 — But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
• John 18:17 — Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.
• Acts 12:13 — And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
• Acts 16:16 — And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
• Galatians 4:22 — For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
• Galatians 4:23 — But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
• Galatians 4:30 — Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
• Galatians 4:31 — So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.