Lexicon / G3814
παιδίσκη
paidiskē
  • maidservant
  • a young girl
  • a maiden
  • a young female slave
  • a maid-servant

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: 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)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: a young girl; a maiden; a young female slave; a maid-servant

a young girl; a maiden; a young female slave; a maid-servant