παῖς
pais
Basic Gloss
pais is a Greek word meaning "a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child", encompassing ideas like child, maid, servant, son.
a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)
The Greek word pais means "a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)," encompassing related ideas including child, maid, servant, son.
Lexical data derived from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. See full disclaimer
Word DNA
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