Lexical Summary paizō: to play as a child Original Word: παίζωTransliteration: paizō Phonetic Spelling: (paheed'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to play as a child Meaning: to play as a child Strong's Concordance play. From pais; to sport (as a boy) -- play. see GREEK pais Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3815: παίζωπαίζω; from Homer down; properly, to play like a child; then universally, to play, sport, jest; to give way to hilarity, especially by joking, singing, dancing; so in 1 Corinthians 10:7, after Exodus 32:6 where it stands for צִחֵק, as in Genesis 21:9; Genesis 26:8; Judges 16:25; also in the Sept. for שִׂחַק. (Compare: ἐμπαίζω.) |
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