ἘΜΠΑΙΞΑΙ, ἐμπαιξαι
EMPAIXAI, empaixai
Sounds Like: em-PAI-xai
Translations: to mock, to ridicule, to make sport of, to scoff at
From the root: ἘΜΠΑΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to mock, ridicule, or make fun of someone. It implies treating someone with contempt, scorn, or derision. It can also mean to deceive or delude. It is often used in contexts where someone is being subjected to scornful treatment.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1702 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 39:17
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 20:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΜΠΑΙΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΠΑΙΖΕΙ — to mock, to make sport of, to ridicule, to insult, to play with
- ἘΜΠΑΙΖΕΙΝ — to mock, to make sport of, to ridicule, to scoff at, to delude, to deceive
- ἘΜΠΑΙΖΟΝΤΕΣ — mocking, making sport of, ridiculing, deriding, scoffing at, playing with
- ἘΜΠΑΙΖΩ — mock, make fun of, ridicule, scoff at, make sport of, deceive, delude
- ἘΜΠΑΙΞΑΣ — having mocked, having ridiculed, having made sport of, having scoffed at
- ἘΜΠΑΙΞΟΥΣΙΝ — they will mock, they will make fun of, they will ridicule, they will scoff at
- ἘΜΠΕΠΑΙΧΑ — I have mocked, I have ridiculed, I have made sport of, I have deceived
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