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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 - And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the changes of clothing to those who had explained the riddle. So his anger was aroused, and he went back up to his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:25 - So it happened, when their hearts were merry, that they said, “Call for Samson, that he may perform for us.” So they called for Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:4 - Now all Israel heard it said that Saul had attacked a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel had also become an abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called together to Saul at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10 - David said furthermore, “As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men now arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - Then David and all the house of Israel played music before the LORD on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - “Now your maidservant had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - “And now the whole family has risen up against your maidservant, and they said, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may execute him for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also.’ So they would extinguish my ember that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:16 - Now the people who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired and also has killed the king.” So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that 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 which the Syrians had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, “If you are so minded, let no one leave or escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:21 - Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing music; and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:5 - Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you leash him for your maidens?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “I was only joking!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:16 - Moreover the LORD says:

“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with outstretched necks
And wanton eyes,
Walking and mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them,
A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
A leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:19 - Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:17 - I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers,
Nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone because of Your hand,
For You have filled me with indignation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - All your lovers have forgotten you;
They do not seek you;
For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy,
With the chastisement of a cruel one,
For the multitude of your iniquities,
Because your sins have increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving
And the voice of those who make merry;
I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish;
I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:4 - Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - And I saw him confronting the ram; he was moved with rage against him, attacked the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to withstand him, but he cast him down to the ground and trampled him; and there was no one that could deliver the ram from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:5 - The streets of the city
Shall be full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’
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