verb
paizamō
Strong’sG3815
I play, sport
stem paiz-once in the New Testament1 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.
παίζω
(< παῖς), [in LXX: Ge 21:9 26:8, Ex 32:6 (צחק pi.); and more freq. (Jg 16:25, al.) for (שׁחק pi.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3815 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpaheed'-zo
to sport (as a boy)
Fromfrom G3816;
King Jamesplay.
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
Doric dialect παίσδω Refs 3rd c.BC+: Laconian dialect present participle genitive plural feminine παιδδωἇν Refs 5th c.BC+future παιξοῦμαι Syrac. in Refs 5th c.BC+, παίξομαι LXX+3rd c.BC+: aorist 1 ἔπαισα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect πέπαικα Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect passive πέπαισμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: also aorist ἔπαιξα LXX+5th c.BC+: perfect πέπαιχα Refs 1st c.AD+:—passive, aorist ἐπαίχθην Refs 3rd c.AD+: perfect πέπαιγμαι Refs; infinitive πεπαῖχθαι Timarch. cited in Refs 8th c.BC+ uses only present and imperfect, and (in Refs 8th c.BC+aorist imperative παίσατ; Trag. only present: (παῖς):—properly, play like a child, sport, τῇ δέ θ᾽ ἅμα Νύμφαι.. ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι Refs 8th c.BC+
2 especially dance, παίσατε Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, ἀλλὰ πέπαισται μετρίως ἡμῖν, of the chorus, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 play [a game], σφαίρῃ π. Refs 8th c.BC+; κύβοις ἐπὶ συνθήκαις π. Ctes.[same place]; ἀντ᾽ ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι π. Refs 5th c.BC+; π. διὰ γραμμῆς (see. γραμμήRefs 5th c.BC+; μετά τινων with others, Refs 6th c.BC+; κύνα καὶ πόλιν π., of a game similar to our draughts, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 play on a musical instrument, Refs 5th c.BC+; dance and sing, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 play amorously, πρὸς ἀλλήλους LXX+5th c.BC+; of mares, Refs 4th c.BC+
6 hunt, pursue game, π. κατ᾽ ἄλσος Refs 5th c.BC+
II jest, sport, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to σπουδάζω, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to σπουδῇ λέγω, Refs; παίζετε ταῦτα λέγοντες (opposed to σπουδάζετε) Refs 5th c.BC+; π. πρός τινα make fun with a person, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. εἴς τι play with a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+: with adjective neuter, τοιαῦτα ἔπαιζον σπουδῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους Refs 5th c.BC+participle παίζων is frequently absolutely, jestingly, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to σπουδάζων, Refs —passive, ὁ λόγος πέπαισται has been made up as a jest (variant for{πέπλασται}), Refs 5th c.BC+; ταῦτα πεπαίσθω ὑμῖν enough of jest, Refs 5th c.BC+; πεπαῖχθαι τὴν λέξιν Timarch. [same place]; τοῦτο τὸ παιζόμενον 'as the joke is', Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2 with accusative, play with, make sport of, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3 Grammars, of words played upon or coined for the joke's sake, οἱ κωμῳδοὶ παίζειν εἰώθασι τὰ τοιαῦτα Refs 5th c.BC+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| paizarōπαίζειν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | play | 1× |
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, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paizamō | paizame | paizami | paizama | paizamē | paizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | paizasō | paizase | paizasi | paizasa | paizasē | paizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paizatō | paizate | paizati | paizata | paizatē | paizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | paizanō | paizane | paizani | paizana | paizanē | paizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | paizavō | paizave | paizavi | paizava | paizavē | paizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | paizalō | paizale | paizali | paizala | paizalē | paizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paizameiō | paizameia | paizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | paizaseiō | paizaseia | paizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paizateiō | paizateia | paizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | paizaneiō | paizaneia | paizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | paizaveiō | paizaveia | paizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | paizaleiō | paizaleia | paizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | paizasōr | paizasar | paizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paizatōr | paizatar | paizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | paizavōr | paizavar | paizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | paizalōr | paizalar | paizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | paizamoiō | paizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | paizasoiō | paizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | paizatoiō | paizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | paizanoiō | paizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | paizavoiō | paizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | paizaloiō | paizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | paizarō1×παίζειν | paizari | paizara | paizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | paizarōntos | paizarintos | paizarantos | paizarēntos |
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
paiz 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.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
paizarō“play”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
1 Corinthians 10:7“play”… laos esthiara kai pinara, kai anastēala paizarō.… written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up …