From childhood
παιδιόθενStrong’s G3812paidiothen
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Paidiothen is the Greek word usually translated “childhood”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.”
Meaning
Usually translated “childhood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- childhood 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
παιδιόθεν paidiothen · from childhood
παιδιόθεν (παιδίον), adv., [in LXX: Gen.47:3 * ;] = cl. ἐκ παιδός, παιδίον, from childhood: Mrk.9:21.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “childhood” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHILDHOOD, noun
- The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty.“CHILDHOOD and youth are vanity” Ecclesiastes 11:10
- The properties of a child.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.