Dictionary entry

κοράσιον

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κοράσιον, -ου, τό,

(dimin. of κόρη), [in LXX chiefly for נַעֲרָה, Ru 2:8, al.; in Jl 3 (4):3, Za 8:5 for יַלְדָּה;]

a colloquial word which survives in MGr. (Kennedy, Sourcs, 154), girl, maiden: Mt 9:24, 25 14:11, Mk 5:41, 42 6:22, 28.†