ΠΑΙΔΊΟΝ

ΠΑΙΔΊΟΝ: παιδίον, -ου, τό, [ dimin, of παῖς, [in LXX chiefly for יֶלֶד, also for נַעַר, בֵּן, etc., freq. in To in ref. to full-grown youth;] ] a young child, a little one: Mt 2:8, 9, 11, ff., Lk 1:59, 66, 76, 80 2:17, 27, 40, Jo 16:21, He 11:23; of older children, Mt 18:2, 4, 5, Mk 5:39-41 7:30 9:24, 36, Lk 9:47, 48 18:17, Jo 4:49; in pl., Mt 11:16 14:21 15:38 18:3 19:13, 14, Mk 7:28 10:13 ff., Lk 7:32 11:7 18:16, He 2:13, 14 Metaph., I Co 14:20. Colloq. in familiar address (as Eng. colloq., "lads"—v. M, Pr., 170n—and Irish use of "boys"): Jo 21:5, I Jo 2:13, 18 3:7.† SYN.: v.s. παῖς.