Quick Definition
ἐμπαίζω v. I mock
Strong's Definition
from 1722 and 3815; to jeer at, i.e. deride
KJV Usage: mock
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | παίζω
33.406 · Communication · Mock, Ridicule
to mock, to ridicule to make fun of someone by pretending that he is not what he is or by imitating him in a distorted manner
verb | aor. ἐνέπαιξα · aor.pass. ἐνεπαίχθην | παίζω
33.406 · Communication · Mock, Ridicule
to mock, to ridicule to make fun of someone by pretending that he is not what he is or by imitating him in a distorted manner
MAT 20:19 · MAT 27:29 · MAT 27:31 · MAT 27:41 · MRK 10:34 · MRK 15:20 · MRK 15:31 · LUK 14:29 · LUK 18:32 · LUK 22:63 · LUK 23:11 · LUK 23:36
88.156 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Mislead, Lead Astray, Deceive
to trick, to make a fool of to trick someone into thinking or doing something and thus to make a fool of such a person In MAT 2:16 ἐμπαίζω would seem to carry two closely related meanings, namely ‘to deceive’ and also ‘to make a fool of,’ and therefore it may be quite appropriate to translate this portion of MAT 2:16 as ‘when Herod realized that the wise men had deceived him and made a fool of him.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-παίζω [see ἐν, III. 3]; impf. ἐνέπαιζον : fut. ἐμπαίξω (Mk. x. 34 for the more com. -ξοῦμαι and -fopar) ; 1 aor. évéraéa (for the older ἐνέπαισα) ; Pass., 1 aor. ἐνεπαίχθην (Mt. ii. 16, for the older everraia@ny) ; 1 fut. ἐμπαιχθήσομαι; (cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 340 sq.; Kriiger ὃ 40 8. ν. παίζω ; [Veitch ibid.]; B. 64 (56) sq.); to play in, τινί, Ps. ciii. (civ.) 26; Eur. Bacch. 867. to play with, trifle with, (Lat. illudere) i.e. a. to mock: absol., Mt. xx. 19; xxvii. 41; Mk. x. 84: xv. 31; Lk. xxiii. 11; τινί (Hat. 4, 184), Mt. xxvii. 29, [31]; Mk. xv. 20; Lk. xiv. 29; xxii. 63; xxiii. 36; in pass. Lk. xviii. 32. b. to delude, deceive, (Soph. Ant. 799); in pass. Mt. ii. 16, (Jer. x. 15)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐμπαίζω empaizō 13x
to play upon, deride, mock, treat with scorn, ridicule, Mt. 20:19; 27:29; by impl. to delude, deceive, Mt. 2:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐμ-παίζω
[in LXX for עָלַל hithp., שָׂחַק, etc. ;]
= Attic προσ-, καταπαίζω,
to mock at, mock (Hdt.): c. dat., Mt 27:29, 31, Mk 15:20, Lk 14:29 22:63 23:36; pass., Mt 2:16, Lk 18:32; absol., Mt 20:19 27:41, Mk 10:34 15:31, Lk 23:11.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐμπαίζω (empaizō) — to mock. ἐμπαίζω, future -ξομαι[LXX]perfect ἐμπέπαιχα[LXX]:— mock at, mock, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ψυχὴ ὑπό.. σωμάτων καὶ πραγμάτων ἐμπαιζομένη [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. euphemistic in mal. participle, [LXX]
3. passive, to be deluded, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; to be defrauded, of the revenues, [Refs]
II. sport in or on, ὡς νεβρὸς χλοεραῖς ἐ. λείμακος ἡδοναῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς χοροῖσιν ἐ. to sport in the dance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]