John 18:17:6John.18.17.W6TAB
παιδίσκη
paidiskê
“servant girl”
- Transliteration
- pai-DIS-kê
- Extended
- pai-DIS-kê
- IPA
- /paiˈdis.keː/
Meaning by language
- English
- servant girl
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pai-DIS-kê
- clause
LE-yei OUN TOI PE-trôi hê pai-DIS-kê hê thy-rô-ROS
- sentence
LE-yei OUN TOI PE-trôi hê pai-DIS-kê hê thy-rô-ROS MÊ KAI SY ek TÔN ma-thê-TÔN EI tou an-THRÔ-pou TOU-tou LE-yei e-KEI-nos ouk ei-MI
Exegesis
The indirect object tō Petrō {τῷ Πέτρῳ | tôi Pét-rō} comes before the subject, which is identified by the repeated article in hē paidiskē hē thyrōros {ἡ παιδίσκη ἡ θυρωρός | hē pai-dís-kē hē thy-rō-rós}; this apposition binds the two nouns together as one speaker described by both status and function.
Root and etymology
paispi alpha iota sigma
“child, servant”
In context — John 18:17
Then the servant girl, the gatekeeper, said to Peter , “You are not among this man’s disciples either, are you?” He responded, “I am not.”
About this coordinate
John 18:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 18:17, so the Greek word παιδίσκη (paidiskê) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.18.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.17.W6.S1) and character.