παίω
paíō · G3817 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to hit, to strike, to beat
To strike or hit an object, one or more times
ExamplesMatthew 26:68 and said, “Prophesy to us, You Christ; who is the one who hit You?”
Mark 14:47 But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.
Luke 22:64 and they blindfolded Him and repeatedly asked Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?”
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to sting, to strike
To sting (as of a scorpion)
ExamplesRevelation 9:5 And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 2
- Not stated (participle) 2
- εἷςone 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- δοῦλοςslave, bondservant 2
- σύyou 2
- ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 2
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
- πλήσσω plḗssō · G4141 · to hit, to strike, to beat
- Both verbs denote striking or hitting with force. παίω describes a blow or strike generally, with less implication of repeated or crushing force, while πλήσσω denotes a forceful, pounding blow. The two verbs converge on the core action of physical striking, differing chiefly in intensity.
In the other Testament 1 word
- נָכָה nâkâh · H5221 · to hit, to beat, to strike
- נָכָה (nâkâh, H5221) represents the broader Hebrew striking/smiting term encompassing fatal and non-fatal blows across a wide register (kill, slaughter, strike, punish), while παίω (paíō, G3817) denotes specifically a single blow or strike, less violent than πατάσσω, with the specialized sense of stinging; the Greek term is semantically narrower and less intense than its Hebrew equivalent.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To hit, to strike, to beat19.1
- This domain covers παίω naming a physical blow struck by hand, as Mark narrates the arrest of Jesus: “But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.” (Mark 14:47)
- To sting, to strike19.16
- Here παίω describes the sting of a creature, as John describes the locusts of the fifth trumpet: “And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.” (Revelation 9:5)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἔπαισά; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. mostly for הִכָּה; to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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