noun · feminine
empaigmonas
Greekἐμπαιγμονή (empaigmonē)
Strong’sG1701
mockery
stem empaigmon-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἐμπαιγμονή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἐμπαίζω, q.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1701 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidemp-aheeg-mos'
derision
Fromfrom G1702;
King Jamesmocking.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | empaigmonas | empaigmonais |
| object accusative | empaigmonan | empaigmonain |
| direct address vocative | empaigmonar | empaigmonair |
| of, belonging to genitive | empaigmonau | empaigmonaiu |
| to, for dative | empaigmona1×ἐμπαιγμονῇ | empaigmonai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
empaigmona is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
empaigmona“scoffing”to, fordative singular1×
2 Peter 3:3“scoffing”houtem prōtem gnōskarōtois hoti ercheli epi eschataiu taiu hēmeraiu en empaigmona empaiktois kata tain idiain epithumiain autoiu poreuerōtoisMost importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.