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παίζω

paízō · G3815 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to play

    To engage in an activity for the sake of amusement and/or recreation

    Examples

    1 Corinthians 10:7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND TO DRINK, AND ROSE UP TO PLAY.”

How it’s used In 1 role

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Who or what does itSubject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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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In the other Testament 1 word
שָׂחַק sâchaq · H7832 · to laugh, to smile, to make merry
שָׂחַק is the standard Hebrew verb for playing, sporting, or making merry, used in contexts of playful activity (Gen 26:8, Exod 32:6). It is the natural translation equivalent for παίζω in the LXX and represents the same semantic range of playful or sportive behavior.
Semantic domains 1 entry
To play50.8
παίζω names recreational play or revelry, as Paul warns the Corinthians against idolatry by quoting Exodus: “THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY.” (1 Corinthians 10:7)
Word family 14 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

παῖς paîs · G3816 · child, offspring · 24×παιδίον paidíon · G3813 · child, offspring · 52×ἐμπαίζω empaízō · G1702 · to mock, to ridicule · 13×παιδεύω paideúō · G3811 · to teach, to instruct, to train · 13×παιδίσκη paidískē · G3814 · slave girl, slave woman · 13×παιδεία paideía · G3809 · to teach, to instruct, to train · 6×παιδαγωγός paidagōgós · G3807 · guardian, leader, guide · 3×ἐμπαιγμός empaigmós · G1701 · to mock, to ridicule · 2×ἐμπαίκτης empaíktēs · G1703 · mocker · 2×παιδευτής paideutḗs · G3810 · instructor, trainer, teacher · 2×ἀπαίδευτος apaídeutos · G521 · uneducated, foolish, ignorant · 1×παιδάριον paidárion · G3808 · child · 1×παιδιόθεν paidióthen · G3812 · since childhood · 1×παίζωpaízō · G3815
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon from Homer down; properly, to play like a child; then universally, to play, sport, jest;…
from Homer down; properly, to play like a child; then universally, to play, sport, jest; to give way to hilarity, especially by joking, singing, dancing; so in 1 Cor 10:7, after Ex 32:6 where it stands for צִחֵק, as in Gen 21:9; Gen 26:8; Judg 16:25; also in the Sept. for שִׂחַק. (Compare: ἐμπαίζω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Contests and Play1 occurrence

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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