ἐμπαιγμός
empaigmós · G1701 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to mock, to ridicule
To make fun of someone by pretending that he is not what he is or by imitating him in a distorted manner
ExamplesHebrews 11:36 and others experienced mocking and flogging, and further, chains and imprisonment.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πεῖραattempt, trial 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- τιμή timḗ · G5092 · honor, respect, status
- Lexical opposite of derision; where ἐμπαιγμός denotes scorn and dishonor, τιμή denotes honor and respect
In the other Testament 2 words
- לַעַג laʻag · H3933 · scoffing, mocking, derision
- Direct Hebrew equivalent for derision/mockery, frequently used in parallel contexts describing scorn and ridicule
- קֶלֶס qeleç · H7047 · scorn
- Hebrew noun denoting mockery and derision, semantically equivalent to ἐμπαιγμός
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To mock, to ridicule33.406
- This noun denotes mocking or scoffing treatment, used of the sufferings endured by the faithful in the roll call of Hebrews 11 — "and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment" (Hebrews 11:36), and of the mockers expected in the last days, "mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts" (2 Peter 3:3).
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐμπαιγμονης, ἡ, (ἐμπαίζω), derision, mockery: 2 Pet 3:3 G L T Tr WH.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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