παίζω; 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 1Co_10:7, after Exo_32:6 where it stands for φΔηΕχ, as in Gen_21:9; Gen_26:8; Jdg_16:25; also in the Sept. for ωΔ�ηΗχ. (Compare: ἐμπαίζω.)

παίζω paizō 1x to play in the manner of children; to sport, to practise the festive gestures of idolatrous worship, 1Co_10:7

παίζω ( <παῖς ), [in LXX : Gen_21:9 ; Gen_26:8 , Exo_32:6 ( H6711 pi .); and more freq . ( Jdg_16:25 , al. ) for ( H7832 pi .;] prop ., to play as a child, hence, generally, to play (as with singing and dancing) : 1Co_10:7 ( LXX ) ( cf. ἐμ -παίζω ).†

παίζω [page 475] For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( 1Co_10:7 ) cf. the sepulchral inscr. Kaibel 362 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) παῖσον , τρύφησον , ζῆσον· ἀποθανεῖν σε δεῖ . The verb is found in the magic P Lond 121 .428 ( iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 98); cf. the compounds ἐμπαίζω s.v. , προσπαίζω in P Par 50 .21 (B.C. 159) (= UPZ i. p. 365) προσπαίζουσι αὐτ <ῷ >, and συμπαίζω in BGU IV. 1027 xxvi. 20 (end iv/A.D.) συμπέ (= αί )ζοντες τῇ ἡγεμονικῇ [τάξει , and in P Cairo Preis 2 .11 ( s.v. πεῖρα ). See also Aristeas 284 θεωρεῖν ὅσα παίζεται μετὰ περιστολῆς , to watch plays which are played with propriety (Thackeray), and the subst. παίστης in P Gen I. 73 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) (= Chrest. I. p. 575 ), where a woman makes a contract for herself σὺν ἄλλοις παισταῖς τρισ [ί , with three other dancers. For the tense formation of παίζω cf. Thackeray Gr. i. p. 222, and note MGr ἔπαιξα , ἐπαίχτηκα : see also Hatzidakis, Einl. p. 135 f.

παίζω [Etym: παῖς] properly, "to play like a child, to sport, play", Od. , Hdt. , etc. "to dance", Od. , Pind. :—so in Mid., Hes. "to play" [a game], σφαίρηι π. "to play" at ball, Od. ; also, π. σφαῖραν Plut. "to play" (on an instrument), Hhymn. "to sport, play, jest, joke", Hdt. , Xen. , etc.; π. πρός τινα "to make sport of" one, "mock" him, Eur. ; π. εἴς τι "to jest" upon a thing, Plat. : the part. παίζων is used absol. "in jest, jestingly", id=Plat. :—Pass., ὁ λόγος πέπαισται "is jocularly told", Hdt. ; ταῦτα πεπαίσθω ὑμῖν enough of "jest", Plat. c. acc. "to play with", Anth. , Luc.

παίζω (παῖς), [in LXX: Gen.21:9 26:8, Exo.32:6 (צָחַק pi.); and more frequently (Jdg.16:25, al.) for (שָׂחַק pi. ;] prop., to play as a child, hence, generally, to play (as with singing and dancing) : 1Co.10:7 (LXX) (cf. ἐμ-παίζω).† (AS)