Word Summary
paidion: a young child
Original Word: παιδίονTransliteration: paidion
Phonetic Spelling: (pahee-dee'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a young child
Meaning: a young child
Strong's Concordance
little, young child, damsel.
Neuter diminutive of pais; a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian -- (little, young) child, damsel.
see GREEK pais
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3813: παιδίονπαιδίον,
παιδίου,
τό (diminutive of
παῖς) (from
Herodotus down), the
Sept. for
טַף,
נַעַר,
בֵּן, etc.;
a young child, a little boy, a little girl; plural
τά παιδία,
infants; children; little ones. In singular: universally, of
an infant just born,
John 16:21; of
a (male) child recently born,
Matthew 2:8, 11, 13, 14, 20;
Luke 1:59, 66, 76, 80;
Luke 2:17, 21 (
Rec.), 21,40;
Hebrews 11:23; of a more advanced child,
Matthew 18:2, 4;
Mark 9:36f; (
Mark 10:15);
Luke 9:47f; (
Luke 18:17); of a mature child,
Mark 9:24;
τίνος, the son of someone,
John 4:49; of a girl,
Mark 5:39-41; (
Mark 7:30 L text
T Tr WH). In plural of (partly grown) children:
Matthew 11:16 G L T Tr WH;
; Mark 7:28; Mark 10:13ff; Luke 7:32; Luke 18:16; (Hebrews 2:14); τίνος, of someone, Luke 11:7, cf. Hebrews 2:13. Metaphorically, παιδία ταῖς φρεσί, children (i. e. like children) where the use of the mind is required, 1 Corinthians 14:20; in affectionate address, equivalent to Latincarissimi (A. V. children), John 21:5; 1 John 2:14 (13),18; (1 John 3:7 WH marginal reading Synonym: see παῖς, at the end.)