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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 Box Exo 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:13 - The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:28 - Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, till he stood before the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - how much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like[fn] the moth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:8 - Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you have destroyed me altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10 - Men have gaped at me with their mouth;
they have struck me insolently on the cheek;
they mass themselves together against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - that struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you,
that the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30 - let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
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