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verb

Greekπαίζω (paizō)
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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.;]

prop., to play as a child, hence, generally, to play (as with singing and dancing): I Co 10:7(LXX) (cf. ἐμ-παίζω).†

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
παίζω,
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.

play1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
paizarōπαίζεινhappening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitiveplay1×

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 personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularpaizamōpaizamepaizamipaizamapaizamēpaizamelē
you 2nd person singularpaizasōpaizasepaizasipaizasapaizasēpaizaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpaizatōpaizatepaizatipaizatapaizatēpaizatelē
we 1st person pluralpaizanōpaizanepaizanipaizanapaizanēpaizanelē
ye 2nd person pluralpaizavōpaizavepaizavipaizavapaizavēpaizavelē
they 3rd person pluralpaizalōpaizalepaizalipaizalapaizalēpaizalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularpaizameiōpaizameiapaizameiē
you 2nd person singularpaizaseiōpaizaseiapaizaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpaizateiōpaizateiapaizateiē
we 1st person pluralpaizaneiōpaizaneiapaizaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralpaizaveiōpaizaveiapaizaveiē
they 3rd person pluralpaizaleiōpaizaleiapaizaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularpaizasōrpaizasarpaizasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularpaizatōrpaizatarpaizatēr
ye 2nd person pluralpaizavōrpaizavarpaizavēr
they 3rd person pluralpaizalōrpaizalarpaizalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularpaizamoiōpaizamoia
you 2nd person singularpaizasoiōpaizasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularpaizatoiōpaizatoia
we 1st person pluralpaizanoiōpaizanoia
ye 2nd person pluralpaizavoiōpaizavoia
they 3rd person pluralpaizaloiōpaizaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicepaizarō1×παίζεινpaizaripaizarapaizarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicepaizarōntospaizarintospaizarantospaizarēntos

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
paizstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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 …