Word study · Greek

paidískē

slave girl, servant woman

Say it: pie-DIS-kay (approximate)

παιδίσκη

What it means

A young female slave. In 4:22-31, Hagar is "the servant" (the slave woman), and Sarah is "the free woman." The same word is used for the girl who recognized Peter (Mark 14:66).

Range of meaning

  • Slave girlA young female servant.
  • Servant womanA woman in service.

In Galatians

Every verse (4)

Verses where G3814 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources