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Lexicon :: Strong's G3817 - paiō

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παίω
Transliteration
paiō (Key)
Pronunciation
pah'-yo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb; to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than τύπτω (G5180))
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Strong’s Definitions

παίω paíō, pah'-yo; a primary verb; to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180); specially, to sting (as a scorpion):—smite, strike.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3817 in the following manner: smite (4x), strike (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3817 in the following manner: smite (4x), strike (1x).

  1. to strike, smite

  2. to sting (to strike or wound with a sting)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παίω paíō, pah'-yo; a primary verb; to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180); specially, to sting (as a scorpion):—smite, strike.
STRONGS G3817:
παίω: 1 aorist ἔπαισά; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. mostly for הִכָּה; to strike, smite: with the fists, Matthew 26:68 (cf. ῤαπίζω, 2); Luke 22:64; with a sword, Mark 14:47: John 18:10; to sting (to strike or wound with a sting), Revelation 9:5.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
26:68
Mark
14:47
Luke
22:64
John
18:10
Revelation
9:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3817 matches the Greek παίω (paiō),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:13 - And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which ye are, and I will see the blood, and will protect you, and there shall not be on you the plague of destruction, when I [fn]smite in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - And God opened the mouth of the ass, and she says to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me this third time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he causes a man to be in pain, and restores him again: he smites, and his hands heal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10 - He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - Having smitten a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, smiting a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared them not, he rested in quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young of asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30 - Jod. He will give his cheek to him that smites him: he will be filled full with reproaches.
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