Original Word: παιδίσκη
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: paidiské
Pronunciation: pahee-DEE-skay
Phonetic Spelling: (pahee-dis'-kay)
Definition: Maidservant, slave girl, young woman
Meaning: a female slave, maidservant, maid, young girl.

Word Origin: Diminutive form of παῖς (pais), meaning "child" or "servant"

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H519 אָמָה (amah): Maidservant, female slave

- H8198 שִׁפְחָה (shiphchah): Maid, maidservant

Usage: The term "paidiské" refers to a young female servant or slave girl. It is used in the New Testament to describe a girl or young woman who serves in a household, often in a position of subservience. The term can also imply youth and inexperience, highlighting the social status and age of the individual.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, a "paidiské" was typically a young female servant who performed domestic duties. These individuals were often part of a household's extended family structure, though they held a lower social status. The role of a maidservant was common in both Jewish and Gentile households, reflecting the broader societal norms of servitude and class distinctions of the time.

Word Origin
dim. of pais
Definition
a young girl, maidservant
NASB Translation
bondwoman (5), servant-girl (4), servant-girls (1), slave-girl (2), slaves* (1), women (1).

STRONGS NT 3814: παιδίσκη

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. Ruth 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): Luke 12:45; Acts 16:16; opposed to ἡ ἐλευθέρα, Galatians 4:22f, 30f; specifically, of the maid-servant who had charge of the door: Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:66, 69; Luke 22:56; Acts 12:13; ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός, John 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.)

bondmaid, damsel, maiden.

Feminine diminutive of pais; a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant -- bondmaid(-woman), damsel, maid(-en).

see GREEK pais

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