verb
paiamō
Strong’sG3817
I strike, smite
stem pai-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
παίω,
[in LXX chiefly for נכה hi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3817 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpah'-yo
to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180); specially, to sting (as a scorpion)
Froma primary verb;
King Jamessmite, strike.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Boeotian dialect πήω Hdn.Gr.2.949; Attic dialect 2nd pers. singular imperative παῖ Refs 5th c.BC+ codices: future παίσω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἔπαισα Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect πέπαικα LXX+5th c.BC+:—middle, imperfect ἐπαιόμην Refs 1st c.AD+: aorist ἐπαισάμην Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, aorist ἐπαίσθην Refs 4th c.BC+perfect πέπαισμαι (ἐμ-) Refs 2nd c.AD+; but the passive tenses were mainly supplied by πλήσσω (παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες Refs 5th c.BC+; and ἐπάταξα (from πατάσσω) was generally used as aorist:—poet. Verb (not in Refs 8th c.BC+, strike, smite, whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon, σκυτάλοισί τινας Refs 5th c.BC+; παῖε πᾶς strike home!, Refs 5th c.BC+; παισάτω πᾶς (παῖς codices), παῖ δή, παῖ δή Refs 5th c.BC+; τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις (i.e. πληγήν) ; Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἅλμην, of rowers, Refs 5th c.BC+ —middle, ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν he smote his thigh, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, παιομένους Refs 5th c.BC+; πὺξ παιόμενος, opposed to ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς, Refs 5th c.BC+
b rarely of missiles, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς Refs 1st c.AD+; of atoms, παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον Refs
2 with accusative instrumenti, drive, dash one thing against another, ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε struck its beak against.., Refs 5th c.BC+
3 drive away, τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας Refs 5th c.BC+
4 of sexual intercourse, Refs
5 hit hard in speaking, π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν Refs 4th c.AD+
6 metaphorically, quench one's thirst, διψῶντα.. ὄξει παίειν Refs 4th c.BC+
II intransitive, strike, dash against or upon, λόγοι παίουσ᾽ εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης Refs 5th c.BC+; λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας, of a charioteer, Refs 5th c.BC+, cf. Latin pavio, pavimentum.)
III devour, παίειν ἐφ᾽ ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν Refs 5th c.BC+; perhaps to be read in Refs 5th c.BC+: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as παίω Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| paiataἔπαισεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | struck | 2× |
| paiateiaπαίσῃ | happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular | stings | 1× |
| paiarantosπαίσας | happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine | hit | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paiamō | paiame | paiami | paiama | paiamē | paiamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | paiasō | paiase | paiasi | paiasa | paiasē | paiaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paiatō | paiate | paiati | paiata2×ἔπαισεν | paiatē | paiatelē |
| we 1st person plural | paianō | paiane | paiani | paiana | paianē | paianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | paiavō | paiave | paiavi | paiava | paiavē | paiavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | paialō | paiale | paiali | paiala | paialē | paialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paiameiō | paiameia | paiameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | paiaseiō | paiaseia | paiaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paiateiō | paiateia1×παίσῃ | paiateiē |
| we 1st person plural | paianeiō | paianeia | paianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | paiaveiō | paiaveia | paiaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | paialeiō | paialeia | paialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | paiasōr | paiasar | paiasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paiatōr | paiatar | paiatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | paiavōr | paiavar | paiavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | paialōr | paialar | paialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paiamoiō | paiamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | paiasoiō | paiasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paiatoiō | paiatoia |
| we 1st person plural | paianoiō | paianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | paiavoiō | paiavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | paialoiō | paialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | paiarō | paiari | paiara | paiarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | paiarōntos | paiarintos | paiarantos2×παίσας | paiarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
pai 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
paiata“struck”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Mark 14:47… tinos toiu parastēarēntoiu sperantos tan machairan paiata ton doulon tou archierevou kai afairata …… the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest …
John 18:10… Petros echarōntos machairan helkata autan kai paiata ton tou archierevou doulon kai apokoptata …… Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest …
paiateia“stings”happened · he/she/itaorist active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×
Revelation 9:5“stings”… basanismos autaiu hōs basanismos skorpiou, hotan paiateia anthrōpon.… months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
paiarantos“hit”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine2×
Matthew 26:68… Profēteuasar ni, christor, tinos atō tos paiarantos sin?… said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”
Luke 22:64“struck”… eperōtale legarōntois; Profēteuasar, tinos atō tos paiarantos sin?… kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”