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Strong's G3816 παῖς (pais)

Pais means “child” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3816 — leom (“nation”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3816
Language Greek
Linked Usages 436
Books 39

Strong's G3816 Quick Answer

Strong's G3816 παῖς (pais) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pais (pais`) n. 1. a boy (of an age as one spanked with impunity) 2. (by analogy) a girl It has 436 linked Bible usages across 39 books. Visible English usage signals include servant, servants, said, lord, and our. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
pais (pais`) n. 1. a boy (of an age as one spanked with impunity) 2. (by analogy) a girl
Usage
436 linked usages
Books
39 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
servant, servants, said, lord, and our

Meaning and Definition

pais (pais`) n. 1. a boy (of an age as one spanked with impunity) 2. (by analogy) a girl 3. (genitive case) a child 4. (specially) a slave or servant 5. (especially) a servant to a king 6. (by eminence) a servant to God [perhaps from G3817] KJV: child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man Root(s): G3817

Original Word
παῖς
Transliteration
pais
Derivation
Root: παίω R1: 3817
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3816. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

child

Usage: παῖς, genitive, παιδός, ὁ, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for עֶבֶד, also for נַעַר, נַעֲרָה, etc. ;] __1. a child, boy, youth, maiden: ὁ π., Mat.17:18, Luk.2:43 9:42, Act.20:12; ἡ π. Luk.8:51, 54 (on the artic. fern, of address, see M, Pr., 70 f., 235; B1., § 33, 4); pl., Mat.2:16 21:15; of parentage, with genitive, Jhn.4:51 __2. Like Heb. עֶבֶד, Lat. Auer, Fr. garcon, Eng. boy (Æsch., Aristoph., Xen., al.), servant, slave, attendant: Mat.8:6, 8 8:13 Luk.7:7 12:45 15:26;

in late writers (Diod., LXX: Gen.41:37, al.), of a king's attendant or minister : Mat.14:2; so (= Heb. יְהוָֹה עֶבֶד) π. τ. θεοῦ (Psa.69:18, Isa.41:8, Wis.2:13, al.), of Israel, Luk.1:54; of David, Luk.1:69, Act.4:25; of Jesus (but see Dalman, Words, 277 f.), Mat.12:18 (LXX), Act.3:13, 26 4:27, 30.† SYN.: __1. τέκνον, child, with emphasis on parentage and the consequent community of nature; υἱός, son, with emphasis on the privileged position of heirship; π.

refers both to age and parentage, but with emphasis on the former. Cf. also (παιδάριον), (παιδίον), (παιδίσκη), and see Westc. on 1Jn.3:1. __2. see: θεράπων, and cf. Thackeray, Gr., 7 f (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

servant servants said lord our nor land father god thee shalt abraham

How Strong's G3816 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 349 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3816 (παῖς) appears 446 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

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Strong's G3816 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3816 in the New Testament

24 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G3816 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

349 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 9:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said, Cursed be the servant Canaan, A slave shall he be to his brethren.

Genesis 9:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, And Canaan shall be his bondservant.

Genesis 9:27 Septuagint / Brenton

May God make room for Japheth, And let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, And let Canaan be his servant.

Strong's G3816 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

63 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3816.

Genesis 9:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Cursed be the servant Canaan, A slave shall he be to his brethren.
Genesis 9:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, And Canaan shall be his bondservant.
Genesis 9:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
May God make room for Japheth, And let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, And let Canaan be his servant.
Genesis 12:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and mules, and camels.
Genesis 14:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus.
Genesis 18:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.
Genesis 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.
Genesis 18:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hastened to dress it.
Genesis 18:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham my servant what things I intend to do?
Genesis 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.
Genesis 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest toward me that my soul may live—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.
Genesis 20:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly.
Genesis 20:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech took a thousand pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maidservants, and gave them to Abraham, and he returned him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 21:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.
Genesis 22:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham rose up in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took with him two servants, and Isaac his son, and having split wood for a whole burnt offering, he arose and departed, and came to the place of which God spoke to him,
Genesis 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham said to his servants, Sit ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will proceed thus far, and having worshiped we will return to you.
Genesis 22:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to the well of the oath; and Abraham dwelt at the well of the oath.
Genesis 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,
Genesis 24:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back thy son to the land whence thou camest forth, if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land?
Genesis 24:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant took ten camels of his master’s camels, and he took of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy waterpot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraham.
Genesis 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;
Genesis 24:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the damsel ran and reported to the house of her mother according to these words.
Genesis 24:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I am a servant of Abraham;
Genesis 24:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and maidservants, camels, and asses.
Genesis 24:52 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the servant of Abraham heard these words, he bowed himself to the Lord down to the earth.
Genesis 24:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant having brought forth jewels of silver and gold and raiment, gave them to Rebekah, and gave gifts to her brother, and to her mother.
Genesis 24:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Let us call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
Genesis 24:59 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So they sent forth Rebekah their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraham, and his attendants.
Genesis 24:61 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rebekah rose up and her maidens, and they mounted the camels and went with the man; and the servant having taken up Rebekah, departed.
Genesis 24:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said to the servant, Who is that man that walks in the plain to meet us? And the servant said, This is my master; and she took her veil and covered herself.
Genesis 24:66 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
Genesis 26:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Philistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and the Philistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraham; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.
Genesis 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the servants of Isaac dug in the Valley of Gerar, and they found there a well of living water.
Genesis 26:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the Valley of Gerar.
Genesis 26:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.
Genesis 30:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
Genesis 32:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and maidservants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.
Genesis 32:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
Genesis 32:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave them to his servants each drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.
Genesis 32:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob’s; he hath sent gifts to my lord Esau, and lo! he is behind us.
Genesis 32:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterward I will behold his face, for peradventure he will accept me.
Genesis 33:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.
Genesis 33:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.
Genesis 33:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.
Genesis 34:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.
Genesis 39:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that she called those that were in the house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us—he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
Genesis 39:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee.
Genesis 39:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.
Genesis 40:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.
Genesis 41:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.
Genesis 41:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew servant of the captain of the guard; and we related to him our dreams, and he interpreted them to us.
Genesis 41:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of all his servants.
Genesis 41:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh said to all his servants, Shall we find such a man as this, who has the Spirit of God in him?
Genesis 42:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they said, Nay, Sir, we thy servants are come to buy food;
Genesis 42:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
we are all sons of one man; we are peaceable, thy servants are not spies.
Genesis 42:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father today, but the other one is not.
Genesis 43:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men, when they perceived that they were brought into the house of Joseph, said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first; even in order to inform against us, and lay it to our charge; to take us for servants, and our asses.
Genesis 43:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And he said, Blessed be that man by God—and they bowed, and did him reverence.
Genesis 44:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, Why does our lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word.
Genesis 44:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
With whomsoever of thy servants thou shalt find the cup, let him die; and, moreover, we will be servants to our lord.
Genesis 44:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Now then it shall be as ye say; with whomsoever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and ye shall be clear.
Genesis 44:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah said, What shall we answer to our lord, or what shall we say, or wherein should we be justified? whereas God has discovered the unrighteousness of thy servants; behold, we are slaves to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found.
Genesis 44:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph said, Far be it from me to do this thing; the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant; but do ye go up with safety to your father.
Genesis 44:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let thy servant speak a word before thee, and be not angry with thy servant, for thou art next to Pharaoh.
Genesis 44:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sir, thou askedst thy servants, saying, Have ye a father or a brother?
Genesis 44:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me, and I will take care of him.
Genesis 44:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst to thy servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.
Genesis 44:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when we went up to thy servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord.
Genesis 44:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
Genesis 44:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then, if I should go in to thy servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us (and his life depends on this lad’s life)—
Genesis 44:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thy servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty toward my father forever.
Genesis 44:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then I will remain a servant with thee instead of the lad, a domestic of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brethren.
Genesis 46:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall say, We thy servants are herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 47:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers.
Genesis 47:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to Pharaoh, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Canaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Goshen. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Goshen; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharaoh, king of Egypt, heard of it.
Genesis 47:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.
Genesis 47:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,
Genesis 47:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favor before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.
Genesis 50:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel.
Genesis 50:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharaoh went up with him, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.
Exodus 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and do me reverence, saying, Go forth, thou and all the people over whom thou presidest, and afterward I will go forth.
Exodus 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.
Exodus 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbor.
Exodus 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.
Exodus 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
Exodus 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man smite his manservant or his maidservant, with a rod, and the party die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
Exodus 21:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the bull gore a manservant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned.
Leviticus 25:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Sabbaths of the land shall be food for thee, and for thy manservant, and for thy maidservant, and thy hireling, and the stranger that abides with thee.
Leviticus 25:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever number of menservants and maidservants thou shalt have, thou shalt purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about thee.
Leviticus 25:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the children of Israel are my servants: they are my attendants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.
Numbers 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.
Numbers 22:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God was very angry because he went; and the angel of the Lord rose up to withstand him. Now he had mounted his ass, and his two servants were with him.
Numbers 31:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.
Numbers 32:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and thy servants have cattle.
Numbers 32:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as our lord commands.
Numbers 32:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thy servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as our lord says.
Deuteronomy 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but on the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do in it no work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and the stranger that sojourns in the midst of thee; that thy manservant may rest, and thy maid, and thine ox, as well as thou.
Deuteronomy 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any beast of his, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
Deuteronomy 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 12:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But before the Lord thy God thou shalt eat it, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the stranger that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, on whatsoever thou shalt lay thy hand.
Deuteronomy 16:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which dwells among you, in whatsoever place the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name should be called there.
Deuteronomy 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow that is in thy cities.
Deuteronomy 22:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel’s tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.
Deuteronomy 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife;
Deuteronomy 22:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her;
Deuteronomy 22:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if a man find in the field a damsel that is betrothed, and he should force her and lie with her, ye shall slay the man that lay with her only.
Deuteronomy 22:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone should find a young virgin who has not been betrothed, and should force her and lie with her, and be found,
Deuteronomy 23:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not deliver a servant to his master, who coming from his master attaches himself to thee.
Deuteronomy 28:68 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall bring thee back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said, Thou shalt not see it again; and ye shall be sold there to your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and none shall buy you.
Joshua 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do.
Joshua 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God has caused you to rest, and has given you this land.
Joshua 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua said, I pray, Lord, wherefore has thy servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond Jordan.
Joshua 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Joshua 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore we did this thing.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3816, grouped by book.

Genesis 85 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 39 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 8 usages, New Testament
Luke 9 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 6 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 11 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 23 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 9 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3816 FAQ

What does pais (παῖς) mean?

Pais (Strong's G3816) is a Greek word most simply glossed "child". pais (pais`) n. 1. a boy (of an age as one spanked with impunity) 2. (by analogy) a girl

How many times is pais (παῖς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 436 linked usages for Strong's G3816 across 39 books.

Where can I study pais (παῖς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3816 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate pais (παῖς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as servant, servants, said, lord, our, and nor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3816 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 349 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 63 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3816, with linked reader references where each row is available.