UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to play

Semantic entry: 50.8

Semantic domains: Contests and Play

Definition: to engage in an activity for the sake of amusement and/or recreation

Notes: The specific reference of παίζω in RV CO1 10:7 · LV CO1 10:7 · Read together CO1 10:7 is probably to dancing, but some scholars interpret παίζω in this context as a euphemism for sex.

CO1 10:7: RV CO1 10:7 · LV CO1 10:7 · Read together CO1 10:7

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OET-RV CO1 10:7

7 Don’t worship idols like some of them did, as it’s written: ‘The people sat down to eat and drink and then stood up to dance to the golden calf.’

OET-LV CO1 10:7

7 Not idolaters be _becoming, as some of _them, as it _has _been _written:
Sat _down the people to _eat and to _drink, and they _stood _up to _be _playing.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

παίζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to play