ἐμπαίκτης
empaíktēs · G1703 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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mocker
(Derivative of ἐμπαίζω ‘to mock,’) One who makes fun of by mocking
Examples2 Peter 3:3 Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts,
Jude 1:18 that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πορεύομαιto go, to travel 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
- ἔρχομαιto come 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- βλάσφημος blásphēmos · G989 · insulting, slanderous, blasphemous
- One who speaks evil or blasphemes; overlaps with ἐμπαίκτης in the context of false teachers who deride sacred things, though βλάσφημος emphasizes the content of speech (evil-speaking) rather than the mocking manner
In the other Testament 1 word
- לוּץ lûwts · H3887 · insolent person, to behave arrogantly
- Hebrew term for a mocker/scoffer, the natural translation equivalent for ἐμπαίκτης in contexts describing one who derides or mocks, particularly in prophetic and wisdom literature warnings about false teachers and scoffers
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Mocker33.407
- This noun denotes a mocker or scoffer, used of those who will arise in the last days ridiculing the promise of Christ's return — "mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming?'" (2 Peter 3:3), and again of ungodly men foretold by the apostles, "In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts" (Jude 1:18).
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), ἐμπαικτου, ὁ, (ἐμπαίζω), a mocker, a scoffer: 2 Pet 3:3; Jude 1:18;…
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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