Quick Definition
I strike, smite
Strong's Definition
to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180 (τύπτω)); specially, to sting (as a scorpion)
Derivation: a primary verb;
KJV Usage: smite, strike
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παίω: 1 aorist ἔπαισά; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. mostly for δΔλΘΜδ; to strike, smite: with the fists, Mat_26:68 (cf. ῤ???Rev_2:1-29); Luk_22:64; with a sword, Mar_14:47 : Joh_18:10; to sting (to strike or wound with a sting), Rev_9:5.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παίω paiō 5x
to strike, smite, with the fist, Mat_26:68 ; Luk_22:64 ;
with a sword, Mar_14:47 ; Joh_18:10 ;
to strike as a scorpion, to sting, Rev_9:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παίω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5221 hi .;]
to strike, smite: with the hand or fist, Mat_26:68 , Luk_22:64 ; with a sword, Mar_14:47 , Joh_18:10 ; of a reptile, to sting: Rev_9:5 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παίω [page 475]
For παίω , strike, smite, as in Luk_22:64 (see Streeter, Four Gospels , p. 325 ff.), cf PSI III. 168 .15 (B.C. 118) οἳ ] ἐπιθέμενοι ἔπαισάμ̣ με [ῥάβ ]δ̣ωι εἰς τὸν δεξιὸν [ἀ ]ρ̣[μό ]ν , who attacking smote me with a rod on the right shoulder-joint. See also Artem. p. 149 .18 ff.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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