Strong G3815παίζω
to play
- Transliteration
- paizō
- Pronunciation
- paheed'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3816; to sport (as a boy): - play.
Detailed definition
παίζω
(παῖς), [in LXX: Gen.21:9 26:8, Exo.32:6 (צָחַק pi.); and more frequently (Jdg.16:25, al.) for (שָׂחַק pi.;]
prop., to play as a child, hence, generally, to play (as with singing and dancing): 1Co.10:7 (LXX) (cf. ἐμ-παίζω).†
(AS)
(παῖς), [in LXX: Gen.21:9 26:8, Exo.32:6 (צָחַק pi.); and more frequently (Jdg.16:25, al.) for (שָׂחַק pi.;]
prop., to play as a child, hence, generally, to play (as with singing and dancing): 1Co.10:7 (LXX) (cf. ἐμ-παίζω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3815 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- play1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 10:7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παίζω,
Doric dialect παίσδω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.42)]: Laconian dialect present participle genitive plural feminine παιδδωἇν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1313 (Lyric poetry):)]future παιξοῦμαι Syrac. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.2)], παίξομαι [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.2Ki.6.21, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.46 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), παίξω [prev. work] 211 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), “Anacreontea” 41.8)]: aorist 1 ἔπαισα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1055, etc.)]: perfect πέπαικα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 923.3)]: perfect passive πέπαισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77 (variant{πέπλασται}), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1227; _imperative_ πεπαίσθω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 278d)]: also aorist ἔπαιξα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 23, 5th-6th c.BC: Ctesias Historicus “fragment” 29.59, LXX.Judg.16.25, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 6.4, etc.)]: perfect πέπαιχα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 9)]:—passive, aorist ἐπαίχθην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.123f, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.6)]: perfect πέπαιγμαι [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 979.3 (from Philae))]; infinitive πεπαῖχθαι Timarch. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.501f; _imperative_ πεπαίχθω 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.106 K., Fronto “Epig.Gr.” 5.86: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] uses only present and imperfect, and (in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.251))]aorist imperative παίσατ; Trag. only present: (παῖς):—properly, play like a child, sport, τῇ δέ θ᾽ ἅμα Νύμφαι.. ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.106, compare 7.291 (never in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114, etc.: _metaphorically_, αἰὼν παῖς ἐστὶ παίζων 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 52.)]
2 especially dance, παίσατε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.251; δῶμα περιστεναχίζετο ποσσὶν ἀνδρῶν παιζόντων 23.147, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 277; π. τε καὶ χορεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 409, compare 390; ἐνόπλια χαλκωθεὶς ἔπαιζεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.86:)] —passive, ἀλλὰ πέπαισται μετρίως ἡμῖν, of the chorus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1227.)]
3 play [a game], σφαίρῃ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.100; κλεψύδρῃ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 100.9)]; κύβοις ἐπὶ συνθήκαις π. Ctes.[same place]; ἀντ᾽ ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 43, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 92)]; π. διὰ γραμμῆς (see. γραμμή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (III. 2); π. πρὸς κότταβον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 46.1)]; μετά τινων with others, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114: with _accusative_ _cognate_, κότταβον ἀγκύλῃ π. 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 53 (uncertain); σφαῖραν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 73; π. παιδιὰν πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1055, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.110b)]; κύνα καὶ πόλιν π., of a game similar to our draughts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 56: with _adverbs_, φαινίνδα π. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 283, compare 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus [same place], etc.)]
4 play on a musical instrument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 206: with _accusative_, Πὰν ὁ καλαμόφθογγα παίζων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 230)]; dance and sing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.16.)]
5 play amorously, πρὸς ἀλλήλους [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.2; μετά τινος LXX.Gen.26.8)]; of mares, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 572a30.)]
6 hunt, pursue game, π. κατ᾽ ἄλσος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 567.)]
II jest, sport, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, 5.4, 9.11)]; opposed to σπουδάζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.1)]; opposed to σπουδῇ λέγω, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.3.47)]; παίζετε ταῦτα λέγοντες (opposed to σπουδάζετε) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 283b; π. καὶ χλευάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 376; π. καὶ γελᾶν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 218.4; πῖνε, παῖζε 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 8)]; π. πρός τινα make fun with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 952, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 79a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 198)]; π. εἴς τι play with a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]: with adjective neuter, τοιαῦτα ἔπαιζον σπουδῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.6:)]participle παίζων is frequently absolutely, jestingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 145b, +others)]; opposed to σπουδάζων, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 636c, +others:)] —passive, ὁ λόγος πέπαισται has been made up as a jest (variant for{πέπλασται}), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77)]; ταῦτα πεπαίσθω ὑμῖν enough of jest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 278d, compare “Phdr.” 278b, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus [same place])]; πεπαῖχθαι τὴν λέξιν Timarch. [same place]; τοῦτο τὸ παιζόμενον 'as the joke is', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1090f; τὸ Μενεδήμῳ πεπαιγμένον [prev. work]81e; but οἷα πέπαιγμαι, in _active_ sense, “epigram Gr.” 979.3 (from Philae).)]
II.2 with accusative, play with, make sport of, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 20, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.64 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
II.3 Grammars, of words played upon or coined for the joke's sake, οἱ κωμῳδοὶ παίζειν εἰώθασι τὰ τοιαῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 42, compare 68, etc.)]
Doric dialect παίσδω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.42)]: Laconian dialect present participle genitive plural feminine παιδδωἇν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1313 (Lyric poetry):)]future παιξοῦμαι Syrac. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.2)], παίξομαι [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.2Ki.6.21, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.46 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus), παίξω [prev. work] 211 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), “Anacreontea” 41.8)]: aorist 1 ἔπαισα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1055, etc.)]: perfect πέπαικα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 923.3)]: perfect passive πέπαισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77 (variant{πέπλασται}), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1227; _imperative_ πεπαίσθω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 278d)]: also aorist ἔπαιξα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 23, 5th-6th c.BC: Ctesias Historicus “fragment” 29.59, LXX.Judg.16.25, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 6.4, etc.)]: perfect πέπαιχα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 9)]:—passive, aorist ἐπαίχθην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 2.123f, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.6)]: perfect πέπαιγμαι [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 979.3 (from Philae))]; infinitive πεπαῖχθαι Timarch. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.501f; _imperative_ πεπαίχθω 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.106 K., Fronto “Epig.Gr.” 5.86: 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] uses only present and imperfect, and (in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.251))]aorist imperative παίσατ; Trag. only present: (παῖς):—properly, play like a child, sport, τῇ δέ θ᾽ ἅμα Νύμφαι.. ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.106, compare 7.291 (never in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114, etc.: _metaphorically_, αἰὼν παῖς ἐστὶ παίζων 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 52.)]
2 especially dance, παίσατε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.251; δῶμα περιστεναχίζετο ποσσὶν ἀνδρῶν παιζόντων 23.147, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 277; π. τε καὶ χορεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 409, compare 390; ἐνόπλια χαλκωθεὶς ἔπαιζεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.86:)] —passive, ἀλλὰ πέπαισται μετρίως ἡμῖν, of the chorus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1227.)]
3 play [a game], σφαίρῃ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.100; κλεψύδρῃ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 100.9)]; κύβοις ἐπὶ συνθήκαις π. Ctes.[same place]; ἀντ᾽ ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 43, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 92)]; π. διὰ γραμμῆς (see. γραμμή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (III. 2); π. πρὸς κότταβον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 46.1)]; μετά τινων with others, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.114: with _accusative_ _cognate_, κότταβον ἀγκύλῃ π. 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 53 (uncertain); σφαῖραν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 73; π. παιδιὰν πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1055, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.110b)]; κύνα καὶ πόλιν π., of a game similar to our draughts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 56: with _adverbs_, φαινίνδα π. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 283, compare 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus [same place], etc.)]
4 play on a musical instrument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 206: with _accusative_, Πὰν ὁ καλαμόφθογγα παίζων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 230)]; dance and sing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.16.)]
5 play amorously, πρὸς ἀλλήλους [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 9.2; μετά τινος LXX.Gen.26.8)]; of mares, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 572a30.)]
6 hunt, pursue game, π. κατ᾽ ἄλσος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 567.)]
II jest, sport, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, 5.4, 9.11)]; opposed to σπουδάζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.1)]; opposed to σπουδῇ λέγω, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 8.3.47)]; παίζετε ταῦτα λέγοντες (opposed to σπουδάζετε) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 283b; π. καὶ χλευάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 376; π. καὶ γελᾶν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 218.4; πῖνε, παῖζε 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 8)]; π. πρός τινα make fun with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 952, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 79a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 198)]; π. εἴς τι play with a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b)]: with adjective neuter, τοιαῦτα ἔπαιζον σπουδῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.6:)]participle παίζων is frequently absolutely, jestingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 145b, +others)]; opposed to σπουδάζων, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 636c, +others:)] —passive, ὁ λόγος πέπαισται has been made up as a jest (variant for{πέπλασται}), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.77)]; ταῦτα πεπαίσθω ὑμῖν enough of jest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 278d, compare “Phdr.” 278b, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus [same place])]; πεπαῖχθαι τὴν λέξιν Timarch. [same place]; τοῦτο τὸ παιζόμενον 'as the joke is', [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1090f; τὸ Μενεδήμῳ πεπαιγμένον [prev. work]81e; but οἷα πέπαιγμαι, in _active_ sense, “epigram Gr.” 979.3 (from Philae).)]
II.2 with accusative, play with, make sport of, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 20, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.64 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
II.3 Grammars, of words played upon or coined for the joke's sake, οἱ κωμῳδοὶ παίζειν εἰώθασι τὰ τοιαῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 42, compare 68, etc.)]