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, 802:17, 27, 40, Jo 16:21, He 11:23; of older children, Mt 18:2, 4, 5, Mk 5:39-417:309:24, 36, Lk 9:47, 4818:17, Jo 4:49; in pl., Mt 11:1614:2115:3818:319:13, 14, Mk 7:2810:13 ff., Lk 7:3211:718:16, 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, 183:7.†
SYN.: v.s. παῖς.