παιδίον, -ου, τό dimin, of παῖς,

[in LXX chiefly for יֶלֶד, also for נַעַר, בֵּן, etc. frequently in To in ref. to full-grown youth ;]

a young child, a little one: Mat.2:8-9, 11, ff. Luk.1:59, 66 1:76, 80 2:17, 27 2:40, Jhn.16:21, Heb.11:23; of older children, Mat.18:2, 4-5, Mrk.5:39-41 7:30 9:24, 36, Luk.9:47-48 18:17, Jhn.4:49; in pl. Mat.11:16 14:21 15:38 18:3 19:13-14, Mrk.7:28 10:13 ff. Luk.7:32 11:7 18:16, Heb.2:13-14 Metaphorical, 1Co.14:20. Colloq. in familiar address (as Eng. colloq. "lads "-see M, Pr. 170n and Irish use of "boys"): Jhn.21:5, 1Jn.2:13 Jn 2:18 Jn 3:7 †

SYN.: see: παῖς (AS)

a young child; a little one