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Matthew 2:16 παῖδας boys

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

Here: Young children, here masculine: 'boys'. Herod is after a rival king, so only boys matter to him. The scene recalls Pharaoh's order against Hebrew baby boys (Exod 1:16, 22).

Matthew 8:6 παῖς servant

“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”

Here: Literally 'boy'. The word was used both for a child and for a household slave of any age. Luke's parallel calls him a slave (doulos, Luke 7:2), so most read 'servant'. The Greek keeps a warmer, household tone than 'servant' does.

Matthew 8:8 παῖς servant

The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Here: 'Boy.' The word covers both a child and a young household servant or slave. Luke's parallel calls him a slave (doulos), so a household slave is most likely here.

Matthew 8:13 παῖς servant

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

Here: The word can mean 'boy', 'child' or 'household slave', and Matthew leaves it open. Luke's parallel calls him a slave (doulos) whom the master valued highly.

Matthew 12:18 παῖς servant

“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

Here: It translates Isaiah's 'eved, 'servant'. In Hebrew usage 'servant of the king' or 'servant of God' is a title of honour for a trusted agent. The Greek word can also mean 'child', and that leaves room for an echo of 'my Son' from the baptism.

Matthew 14:2 παισὶν servants

and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Here: Here not children but the king's court attendants and officials, the people around a ruler. In the Greek Old Testament the 'servants' of Pharaoh or Saul are called by this same word.

Matthew 17:18 παῖς boy

Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

Matthew 21:15 παῖδας children

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Here: Children, probably mostly boys. Jesus' answer in verse 16 ('infants and nursing babies', from Psalm 8) shows Matthew means the young and powerless, people of no standing in the eyes of the authorities.

Luke 1:54 παιδὸς [the] servant

He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,

Here: Can mean 'child' or 'servant'. Here it means 'servant', following Isaiah's 'Israel, my servant', where the Greek Old Testament uses pais for the Hebrew ʿeved. There is still a family warmth in the word: a servant who belongs to the household.

Luke 1:69 παιδὸς servant

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

Here: 'Servant' as a title of honor: the king as God's chosen agent. The same word was used of Israel a few verses earlier in Mary's song (1:54, 'his servant Israel').

Luke 2:43 παῖς boy

When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.

Here: "Boy". Luke has moved from "baby" (brephos, 2:12, 16) to "little child" (paidion, 2:40) and now to pais, an older boy on the edge of youth. That fits his age of twelve.

Luke 7:7 παῖς servant

That is why I did not consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Luke 8:51 παιδὸς child

When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

Luke 8:54 παῖς, Child,

But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”

Here: With the feminine article it means “girl, child”. It is a warm, ordinary word for a young person who still lives at home, and Luke has already called her this in v. 51.

Luke 9:42 παῖδα boy

Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Luke 12:45 παῖδας men-servants

But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

Here: Male household slaves. Calling slaves of any age 'boy' was ordinary Greek usage. These are the fellow slaves he was supposed to feed (v. 42).

Luke 15:26 παίδων servants

So he called one of the servants and asked what was going on.

John 4:51 παῖς boy

And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

Here: 'The boy'. This is the household's warm everyday word for the child, where the narrator and Jesus say 'son' (huios). Because the story calls him 'son' in vv. 46, 47, 50 and 53, the meaning here is clear: his child, not a servant.

Acts 3:13 παῖδα servant

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

Here: Can mean "child" or "servant". Here the Isaiah echo and Acts' use of the same title for David (4:25) make "servant" the primary sense: Jesus is the Servant of the Lord from Isaiah. The note of a trusted member of the household is still present.

Acts 3:26 παῖδα servant

When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

Here: 'Servant' (or 'child'). In this speech it echoes Isaiah's Servant of the LORD, whom Isaiah 52:13 says will be 'glorified', just as Peter says in v.13.

Acts 4:25 παιδός servant

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Here: 'Servant', the Greek Old Testament's usual word for 'my servant David'. The prayer uses the same word for 'your holy servant Jesus' in vv. 27 and 30. That ties the royal servant who wrote the psalm to the royal servant the psalm is about.

Acts 4:27 παῖδά servant

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

Here: "Servant": a title with roots in the Servant of Isaiah. In v. 25 the same word is used of "David your servant," which settles the main sense. A note of closeness, like a trusted household member, is still heard in it.

Acts 4:30 παιδός servant

as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

Here: Here 'servant'. Five verses earlier the same prayer calls David 'your servant (paidos)' (v. 25). The word echoes the Servant of the Lord in Isaiah.

Acts 20:12 παῖδα boy

And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.