Quick Definition
παίζω v. I play, sport
Strong's Definition
to sport (as a boy)
Derivation: from G3816 (παῖς);
KJV Usage: play
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀπαίδευτος · ἐμπαιγμονή · ἐμπαιγμός · ἐμπαίζω · ἐμπαίκτης · παιδαγωγός · παιδάριον · παιδεία · παιδευτής · παιδιόθεν · παιδίον · παιδίσκη · παῖς
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παίζω ; fr. Hom. down; prop. to play like a child; then univ. to play, sport, jest; to give way to hilarity, esp. by joking, singing, dancing; so in 1 Co. x. 7, after Ex. xxxii. 6 where it stands for Dmy, as in Gen. xxi. 9; xxvi. 8; Judg. xvi. 25; also in the Sept. for pnv. [Comp. : ἐμ-παίζω. ἢ
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παίζω paizō 1x
to play in the manner of children; to sport, to practise the festive gestures of idolatrous worship, 1 Cor. 10:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παίζω
(< παῖς), [in LXX: Ge 21:9 26:8, Ex 32:6 (צחק pi.); and more freq. (Jg 16:25, al.) for (שׁחק pi.;]
prop., to play as a child, hence, generally, to play (as with singing and dancing): I Co 10:7(LXX) (cf. ἐμ-παίζω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παίζω (paizō) — to play. παίζω, Doric dialect παίσδω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: Laconian dialect present participle genitive plural feminine παιδδωἇν [Refs 5th c.BC+]future παιξοῦμαι Syrac. in [Refs 5th c.BC+], παίξομαι [LXX+3rd c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔπαισα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπαικα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect passive πέπαισμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also aorist ἔπαιξα [LXX+5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπαιχα [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, aorist ἐπαίχθην [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: perfect πέπαιγμαι [Refs]; infinitive πεπαῖχθαι Timarch. cited in [Refs 8th c.BC+] uses only present and imperfect, and (in [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist imperative παίσατ; Trag. only present: (παῖς):—properly, play like a child, sport, τῇ δέ θ᾽ ἅμα Νύμφαι.. ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. especially dance, παίσατε [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, ἀλλὰ πέπαισται μετρίως ἡμῖν, of the chorus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. play [a game], σφαίρῃ π. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύβοις ἐπὶ συνθήκαις π. Ctes.[same place]; ἀντ᾽ ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. διὰ γραμμῆς (see. γραμμή[Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετά τινων with others, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; κύνα καὶ πόλιν π., of a game similar to our draughts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. play on a musical instrument, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dance and sing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. play amorously, πρὸς ἀλλήλους [LXX+5th c.BC+]; of mares, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
6. hunt, pursue game, π. κατ᾽ ἄλσος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. jest, sport, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to σπουδάζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to σπουδῇ λέγω, [Refs]; παίζετε ταῦτα λέγοντες (opposed to σπουδάζετε) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πρός τινα make fun with a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εἴς τι play with a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with adjective neuter, τοιαῦτα ἔπαιζον σπουδῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle παίζων is frequently absolutely, jestingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to σπουδάζων, [Refs] —passive, ὁ λόγος πέπαισται has been made up as a jest (variant for{πέπλασται}), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταῦτα πεπαίσθω ὑμῖν enough of jest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεπαῖχθαι τὴν λέξιν Timarch. [same place]; τοῦτο τὸ παιζόμενον 'as the joke is', [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2. with accusative, play with, make sport of, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. Grammars, of words played upon or coined for the joke's sake, οἱ κωμῳδοὶ παίζειν εἰώθασι τὰ τοιαῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]