G3814

παιδίσκη

paidiskēG:N-F

maidservant

παιδίσκη, -ης, ἡ dimin, of παῖς, [in LXX for שִׁפְחָה, אָמָה, etc. ;] __1. a young girl, a maiden (נַעֲרָה, Rut.4:12). __2. Colloq., a young female slave, a maid-servant (see Kennedy, Sources, 40 f.; Deiss., LAE, 186, 332.2): Mat.26:69, Mrk.14:66, 69, Luk.12:45 22:56, Jhn.18:17, Act.12:13 16:16; of Hagar, Gal.4:22-23, 30" (LXX) ; id., metaphorically, Gal.4:31.† SYN.: see: παῖς (AS)

The KJV translates G3814 in the following manner:

bondwoman (8x), damsel (8x), maid (4x), bondmaid (2x), maidens (2x), maids (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

παιδίσκη — paidískē

παιδίσκη, παιδίσκης, ἡ (feminine of παιδίσκος, a young boy or slave; a diminutive of παῖς, see νεανίσκος);

1. a young girl, damsel (Xenophon, Menander, Polybius, Plutarch, Lucian; the Sept. Rth 4:12).

2. a maid-servant, a young female slave; cf. German Mädchen (our maid) for a young female-servant (Herodotus 1, 93; Lysias, Demosthenes, others): Luk 12:45; Act 16:16; opposed to ἡ ἐλευθέρα, Galatians 4:22f, 30f; specifically, of the maid-servant who had charge of the door: Mat 26:69; Mar 14:66; Mar 14:69; Luk 22:56; Act 12:13; ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός, Joh 18:17; (also in the Sept. of a female slave, often for אָמָה, שִׁפְחָה). Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 239. (Synonym: see παῖς, at the end.)

12 occurrences

Matthew (1), Mark (2), Luke (2), John (1), Acts (2), Galatians (4)