Strong G1702ἐμπαίζω

to mock

Transliteration
empaizō
Pronunciation
emp-aheed'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1722 and G3815; to jeer at that is deride: - mock.

Detailed definition

ἐμ-παίζω
[in LXX for עָלַל hithp., שָׂחַק, etc.;]
= Attic προσ-, καταπαίζω,
to mock at, mock (Hdt.): with dative, Mat.27:29, 31, Mrk.15:20, Luk.14:29 22:63 23:36; pass., Mat.2:16, Luk.18:32; absol., Mat.20:19 27:41, Mrk.10:34 15:31, Luk.23:11.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1702 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mock12
  • mocked1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:16
    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
  2. Matthew 20:19
    And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  3. Matthew 27:29
    And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
  4. Matthew 27:31
    And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
  5. Matthew 27:41
    Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
  6. Mark 10:34
    And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  7. Mark 15:20
    And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
  8. Mark 15:31
    Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
  9. Luke 14:29
    Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
  10. Luke 18:32
    For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
  11. Luke 22:63
    And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
  12. Luke 23:11
    And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
  13. Luke 23:36
    And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπαίζω,
future -ξομαι[LXX (LXX.Hab.1.10:)]perfect ἐμπέπαιχα[LXX (LXX.Num.22.29)]:— mock at, mock, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134; τινά “PCair.Preis.” 3.10 (4th c.AD): _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 799)]:—passive, ψυχὴ ὑπό.. σωμάτων καὶ πραγμάτων ἐμπαιζομένη [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.568, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Trag.” 333.)]
2 euphemistic in mal. participle, [LXX (LXX.Josh.19.25.)]
3 passive, to be deluded, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.2.16, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.56.2 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 16.14)]; to be defrauded, of the revenues, [Refs (“Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.34.2.)]
II sport in or on, ὡς νεβρὸς χλοεραῖς ἐ. λείμακος ἡδοναῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 866 (Lyric poetry))]; τοῖς χοροῖσιν ἐ. to sport in the dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 975; τῷ γυμνασίῳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 5.)]