Strong G3817παίω
to strike
- Transliteration
- paiō
- Pronunciation
- pah'-yo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180); specifically to sting (as a scorpion): - smite strike.
Detailed definition
παίω
[in LXX chiefly for נָכָה hi.;]
to strike, smite: with the hand or fist, Mat.26:68, Luk.22:64; with a sword, Mrk.14:47, Jhn.18:10; of a reptile, to sting: Rev.9:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָכָה hi.;]
to strike, smite: with the hand or fist, Mat.26:68, Luk.22:64; with a sword, Mrk.14:47, Jhn.18:10; of a reptile, to sting: Rev.9:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3817 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- smote4
- striketh1
First verses
- Matthew 26:68Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
- Mark 14:47And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
- Luke 22:64And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
- John 18:10Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
- Revelation 9:5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
παίω,
Boeotian dialect πήω Hdn.Gr.2.949; Attic dialect 2nd pers. singular imperative παῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.18)] codices: future παίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 688, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19, παιήσω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1125, “Lys.” 459)]: aorist ἔπαισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 2.509.4, +others (Crete, 5th c.BC), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 397, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.10)]: perfect πέπαικα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Num.22.28, (ὑπερ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1118, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.34)]:—middle, imperfect ἐπαιόμην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 24)]: aorist ἐπαισάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.6)]:—passive, aorist ἐπαίσθην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 957, “Ch.” 184, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 10:)]perfect πέπαισμαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.543f)]; but the passive tenses were mainly supplied by πλήσσω (παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 171))]; and ἐπάταξα (from πατάσσω) was generally used as aorist:—poet. Verb (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose))], strike, smite, whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon, σκυτάλοισί τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1384, etc.: frequently with _accusative_ omitted, παισθεὶς ἔπαισας [prev. author] “Th.” 957)]; παῖε πᾶς strike home!, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 685)]; παισάτω πᾶς (παῖς codices), παῖ δή, παῖ δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyn.” [same place]; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.107; π. τινὰ μάστιγι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 242 (Lyric poetry), etc.; π. ὑφ᾽ ἧπαρ αὑτήν [prev. author] “Ant.” 1315; παίσας πρὸς ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1063; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 549; εἰς τὰ στέρνα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.4; τινὰ ἐς πλευρὰν ξίφει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 794; κατὰ τὸ στέρνον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.26; κάρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 308, compare “OT” 1270; τὸν νῶτόν τινος 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.43: with double _accusative_, π. ῥοπάλῳ τινὰ τὸ νῶτον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 497: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ὀλίγας π. (i.e. πληγάς) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.12)]; τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις (i.e. πληγήν) ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1309 (Lyric poetry))]; π. ἅλμην, of rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 397, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1391:)] —middle, ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν he smote his thigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.6, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 24)]:—passive, παιομένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.47, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 416, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.4, etc.)]; πὺξ παιόμενος, opposed to ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.6.)]
b rarely of missiles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.18)]:—passive, τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.665d)]; of atoms, παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον [Refs ([prev. work]1111e.)]
2 with accusative instrumenti, drive, dash one thing against another, ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε struck its beak against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 409; π. λαιμῶν εἴσω ξίφος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1472 (Lyric poetry); [ναῦς] θάλασσα π. πρὸς χωρία δύσορμα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 15: _metaphorically_, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς.. μέγα βάρος ἔπαισεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1274 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 drive away, τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 456.)]
4 of sexual intercourse, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pax” 874.)]
5 hit hard in speaking, π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν [Refs 4th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 686, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 63.34.)]
6 metaphorically, quench one's thirst, διψῶντα.. ὄξει παίειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 138 (_anapaest meter_); compare πατάσσω 11.2.)]
II intransitive, strike, dash against or upon, λόγοι παίουσ᾽ εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 885 (_anapaest meter_); πρὸς τὰς πέτρας π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.3: with _accusative_, ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1007 (Lyric poetry))]; λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας, of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 745. (From Παϝιω)], cf. Latin pavio, pavimentum.)
III devour, παίειν ἐφ᾽ ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 835, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; perhaps to be read in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 35.12)]: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as παίω [Refs (1, but compare ἐρείδω 11.2, κόπτω 1.10, σποδέω 111, φλάω 1.2.)]
Boeotian dialect πήω Hdn.Gr.2.949; Attic dialect 2nd pers. singular imperative παῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 6.18)] codices: future παίσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 688, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19, παιήσω 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1125, “Lys.” 459)]: aorist ἔπαισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 2.509.4, +others (Crete, 5th c.BC), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 397, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.10)]: perfect πέπαικα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.Num.22.28, (ὑπερ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1118, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.34)]:—middle, imperfect ἐπαιόμην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 24)]: aorist ἐπαισάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.6)]:—passive, aorist ἐπαίσθην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 957, “Ch.” 184, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 10:)]perfect πέπαισμαι (ἐμ-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.543f)]; but the passive tenses were mainly supplied by πλήσσω (παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 171))]; and ἐπάταξα (from πατάσσω) was generally used as aorist:—poet. Verb (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose))], strike, smite, whether with the hand, or with a rod or other weapon, σκυτάλοισί τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.137, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1384, etc.: frequently with _accusative_ omitted, παισθεὶς ἔπαισας [prev. author] “Th.” 957)]; παῖε πᾶς strike home!, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 685)]; παισάτω πᾶς (παῖς codices), παῖ δή, παῖ δή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyn.” [same place]; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γῆν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.107; π. τινὰ μάστιγι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 242 (Lyric poetry), etc.; π. ὑφ᾽ ἧπαρ αὑτήν [prev. author] “Ant.” 1315; παίσας πρὸς ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1063; π. τινὰ ἐς τὴν γαστέρα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 549; εἰς τὰ στέρνα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.4; τινὰ ἐς πλευρὰν ξίφει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 794; κατὰ τὸ στέρνον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.26; κάρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 308, compare “OT” 1270; τὸν νῶτόν τινος 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.43: with double _accusative_, π. ῥοπάλῳ τινὰ τὸ νῶτον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 497: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ὀλίγας π. (i.e. πληγάς) 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.12)]; τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἀνταίαν ἔπαισέν τις (i.e. πληγήν) ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1309 (Lyric poetry))]; π. ἅλμην, of rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 397, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1391:)] —middle, ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν he smote his thigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.3.6, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 24)]:—passive, παιομένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.47, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 416, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.4, etc.)]; πὺξ παιόμενος, opposed to ἐγχειριδίῳ πληγείς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.6.)]
b rarely of missiles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.18)]:—passive, τὰ παιόμενα τοῖς κεραυνοῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.665d)]; of atoms, παίονται καὶ παίουσι τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον [Refs ([prev. work]1111e.)]
2 with accusative instrumenti, drive, dash one thing against another, ναῦς ἐν νηῒ στόλον ἔπαισε struck its beak against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 409; π. λαιμῶν εἴσω ξίφος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1472 (Lyric poetry); [ναῦς] θάλασσα π. πρὸς χωρία δύσορμα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 15: _metaphorically_, ἐν δ᾽ ἐμῷ κάρᾳ θεὸς.. μέγα βάρος ἔπαισεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1274 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 drive away, τοὺς σφῆκας ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 456.)]
4 of sexual intercourse, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pax” 874.)]
5 hit hard in speaking, π. στρογγύλοις τοῖς ῥήμασιν [Refs 4th c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 686, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 63.34.)]
6 metaphorically, quench one's thirst, διψῶντα.. ὄξει παίειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 138 (_anapaest meter_); compare πατάσσω 11.2.)]
II intransitive, strike, dash against or upon, λόγοι παίουσ᾽ εἰκῇ πρὸς κύμασιν ἄτης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 885 (_anapaest meter_); πρὸς τὰς πέτρας π. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.3: with _accusative_, ἔπαισεν ἄφαντον ἕρμα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1007 (Lyric poetry))]; λανθάνει στήλην ἄκραν παίσας, of a charioteer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 745. (From Παϝιω)], cf. Latin pavio, pavimentum.)
III devour, παίειν ἐφ᾽ ἁλὶ τὴν μάδδαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 835, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; perhaps to be read in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 35.12)]: it has been doubted whether this is the same word as παίω [Refs (1, but compare ἐρείδω 11.2, κόπτω 1.10, σποδέω 111, φλάω 1.2.)]