ἐμπαίζω empaizō

Greek word for “to mock” · Strong’s G1702 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

ἐμ-παίζω; = Attic προσ-, καταπαίζω; to mock at, mock (Hdt.): with dative, 22:63 23:36; pass.; absol., 27:41, 15:31.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for empaizō in context, with how often each is used:

• mocking 3
• mock 2
• mocked 2
• had mocked 2
• had been outwitted 1
• will mock 1
• will be mocked 1
• having mocked 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 27 (3), Mark 15 (2), Luke 23 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Matthew 20 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 14 (1), Luke 18 (1), Luke 22 (1)

Forms

• ἐνέπαιξαν 4
• ἐμπαίζοντες 2
• ἐνεπαίχθη 1
• ἐμπαῖξαι 1
• ἐμπαίξουσιν 1
• ἐμπαίζειν 1
• ἐμπαιχθήσεται 1
• ἐνέπαιζον 1
• ἐμπαίξας 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with empaizō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σταυρόω stauroō “to crucify” 3
• ἐκδύω ekduō “to strip” 2
• ἐμπτύω emptuō “to spit on/at” 2
• μαστιγόω mastigoō “to whip” 2
• ἐνδύω enduō “to put on” 2
• ὁμοίως homoiōs “similarly” 2
• Ἡρώδης Hērōdēs “Herod” 2
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 2
• γραμματεύς grammateus “scribe” 2
• ὅτε hote “when” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 3
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 2

Key verses

The verses using empaizō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all…
• Matthew 20:19 — And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
• Matthew 27:29 — And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him,…
• Matthew 27:31 — And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
• Matthew 27:41 — Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
• Mark 10:34 — And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
• Mark 15:20 — And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
• Mark 15:31 — Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.
• Luke 18:32 — For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
• Luke 22:63 — And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
• Luke 23:11 — And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
• Luke 23:36 — And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.