Definition

a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian

Etymology

neuter diminutive of G3816 (παῖς);

Where the KJV renders it

• (little
• young) child
• damsel

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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