παῖς pais

Greek word for “child” · Strong’s G3816 · used 24 times in 24 verses

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Meaning

παῖς, genitive, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ;

How it is translated

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

• servant 12
• boy 5
• servants 2
• child 2
• boys 1
• children 1
• men-servants 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 8 (3), Acts 4 (3), Luke 1 (2), Luke 8 (2), Acts 3 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 21 (1)

Forms

• παῖς 9
• παῖδα 4
• παῖδας 3
• παιδὸς 3
• παιδός 2
• παισὶν 1
• παίδων 1
• παῖδά 1

Words used with it

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

• ἰάομαι iaomai “to heal” 4
• Δαυείδ Daueid, Dauid, Dabid “David” 3
• ἐκεῖνος ekeinos “that” 4
• πατήρ patēr “father” 4
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 3
• ἑκατόνταρχος hekatontarchos “centurion” 2
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 3
• ἐπιτιμάω epitimaō “to rebuke” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 3
• Ἡρώδης Hērōdēs “Herod” 2
• Πιλᾶτος Pilatos “Pilate” 2
• δαιμόνιον daimonion “demon” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all…
• Matthew 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
• Matthew 12:18 — Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
• Matthew 21:15 — And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David;…
• Luke 1:54 — He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
• Luke 1:69 — And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
• 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…
• Acts 3:13 — The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of…
• Acts 3:26 — Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 4:25 — Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
• Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were…
• Acts 4:30 — By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

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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.