ΠΑΙΔΑΡΙΑ, παιδαρια
PAIDARIA, paidaria
Sounds Like: py-DAH-ree-ah
Translations: little children, boys, young men, servants
From the root: ΠΑΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a diminutive noun, meaning 'little children' or 'young boys'. It can also refer to young male servants or attendants. It is used to describe a group of young males, often implying a lesser status or age compared to adult men.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3808 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 1:13
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 6:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ruth — 2:9
- 1 Samuel — 16:11, 21:4, 21:5, 25:5, 25:8, 25:9, 25:12, 25:25, 30:17
- 2 Samuel — 2:14, 13:29, 13:32, 18:15
- 1 Kings — 12:10, 12:24, 16:28, 21:15, 21:17, 21:19
- 2 Kings — 2:23, 5:22, 5:23, 19:6
- 2 Chronicles — 10:10
- 1 Maccabees — 2:46, 13:17, 13:18, 13:19
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:10, 1:15, 1:17
- Joel — 3:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΙ — child, a child, servant, a servant, slave, a slave, boy, a boy, girl, a girl
- ΠΑΙΔ — child, a child, boy, a boy, servant, a servant, slave, a slave, attendant, an attendant
- ΠΑΙΔΑ — child, a child, boy, a boy, girl, a girl, servant, a servant, slave, a slave
- ΠΑΙΔΑΙΣ — to children, for children, with children, by children, children
- ΠΑΙΔΑΡΙΟΝ — little child, a little child, boy, a boy, lad, a lad
- ΠΑΙΔΑΣ — children, boys, servants, slaves
- ΠΑΙΔΕΣ — children, boys, servants, slaves, attendants, young men
- ΠΑΙΔΙΚΑ — boy-love, favorite boy, favorite girl, childish things, boyish things
- ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗ — childish, boyish, girlish, youthful, a childish (thing/person)
- ΠΑΙΔΙΟ — child, a child, little child, boy, a boy, girl, a girl, infant, a infant, servant, a servant
- ΠΑΙΔΟΣ — of a child, of a boy, of a servant, of a son
- ΠΑΙΔΩ — of children, of servants, of slaves, of boys, of sons
- ΠΑΙΔΩΝ — of children, of boys, of servants, of slaves, of young men, of sons
- ΠΑΙΔΩΝἨ — (of) children, (of) boys, (of) servants, (of) slaves
- ΠΑΙΣ — child, a child, boy, a boy, girl, a girl, servant, a servant, slave, a slave
- ΠΑΙΣΗ — child, a child, boy, a boy, servant, a servant, slave, a slave
- ΠΑΙΣΙ — (to) children, (to) servants, (to) boys
- ΠΑΙΣΙΝ — (to) children, (to) servants, (to) slaves, (to) boys
- ΠΕΔΑΡΙΩΝ — of children, of boys, of servants, of slaves
- ΤΟΥΠΑΙΔΟΣ — of the child, of the boy, of the servant, of the slave
- ΩΠΑΙΔΙΟΝ — O child!, O little child!, O boy!, O girl!, O infant!
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