Strong's Greek Concordance

G3814: παιδίσκη

paidískē · “maidservant”

Definition

a girl, i.e. (specially), a female slave or servant

KJV translates it as: bondmaid(-woman), damsel, maid(-en)

Word origin: feminine diminutive of G3816 (παῖς);

Extended definition

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 Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G3814 is translated

  • slave woman ×4
  • servant girl ×3
  • a girl ×2
  • servant girls ×1
  • maid-servants ×1
  • a servant girl ×1
  • of the slave woman ×1

Bible verses with G3814 (paidískē)

Paidískē appears in 12 verses.

  • Matthew 26:69

    Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

  • Mark 14:66

    And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:

  • Mark 14:69

    And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

  • 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 drunken;

  • Luke 22:56

    But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

  • John 18:17

    Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.

  • Acts 12:13

    And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

  • Acts 16:16

    And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

  • Galatians 4:22

    For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

  • Galatians 4:23

    But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

  • Galatians 4:30

    Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

  • Galatians 4:31

    So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.