Encyclopedia of The Bible – Girl
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Girl

GIRL (יַלְדָּה, H3530, tr. “girl” [Joel 3:3]; both boys and girls [Zech 8:5]). In NT, Gr. diminutives κοράσιον, G3166, from κόρη, “girl,” and παιδίσκη, G4087, from παῖς, G4090, as fem., “girl,” are sometimes tr. “girl” in RSV, NEB; “slave girl” in Acts 16:16.