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Lexicon :: Strong's G3815 - paizō

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παίζω
Transliteration
paizō (Key)
Pronunciation
paheed'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:625,758

Strong’s Definitions

παίζω paízō, paheed'-zo; from G3816; to sport (as a boy):—play.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3815 in the following manner: play (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3815 in the following manner: play (1x).

  1. to play like a child

  2. to play, sport, jest

  3. to give way to hilarity, esp. by joking singing, dancing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παίζω paízō, paheed'-zo; from G3816; to sport (as a boy):—play.
STRONGS G3815:
παίζω; 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 Corinthians 10:7, after Exodus 32:6 where it stands for צִחֵק, as in Genesis 21:9; Genesis 26:8; Judges 16:25; also in the Sept. for שִׂחַק. (Compare: ἐμπαίζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
21:9; 26:8
Exodus
32:6
Judges
16:25
1 Corinthians
10:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3815 matches the Greek παίζω (paizō),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian - the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham - mocking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:6 - So they got up early on the next day and offered up burnt offerings and brought peace offerings, and the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - The LORD's spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - When they really started celebrating, they said, "Call for Samson so he can entertain us!" So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4 - All Israel heard this message, "Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive to the Philistines!" So the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10 - David went on to say, "As the LORD lives, the LORD himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Abner said to Joab, "Let the soldiers get up and fight before us." Joab said, "So be it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the LORD, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - David replied to Michal, "It was before the LORD! I was celebrating before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the LORD's people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, 'Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.' They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab's other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa's intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - While deployed there, the army received this report: "Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him." So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters, "If you really want me to be king, then don't let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - As the ark of the LORD's covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5 - Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16 - The LORD says, "The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Then I said, "LORD, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:17 - I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram and struck it and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. The goat hurled the ram to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5 - And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.
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