noun · masculine
empaigmos
Greekἐμπαιγμός (empaigmos)
Strong’sG1701
mockery
stem empaigm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† ἐμ-παιγμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< ἐμπαίζω, q.v.), [in LXX: Ez 22:4 (קַלָּסָה), Ps 38:7 B א1 קלה ni.), Wi 12:2, Si 27:28, II Mac 7:7, III Mac 5:22 *;]
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 | empaigmos | empaigmois |
| object accusative | empaigmon | empaigmoin |
| direct address vocative | empaigmor | empaigmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | empaigmou | empaigmoiu1×ἐμπαιγμῶν |
| to, for dative | empaigmo | empaigmoi |
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
empaigmo 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
empaigmoiu“mocking”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Hebrews 11:36“mocking”heterois de empaigmoiu kai mastixaiu peiran lambala, ēti de desmoiu kai fulakau;Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.