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ἐμπαίζω

Strong’s: G1702

Associated OET lemmas: ἐμπαίζω

UBS entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: ἐμπαιγμονή (G1702a)

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ἐμπαίζω; aor.; ἐνέπαιξα; ἐμπαίζω; aor.pass.; ἐνεπαίχθην

Related lemmas: παίζω

Sense 1: to mock, to ridicule

Semantic entry: 33.406

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Mock, Ridicule

Definition: to make fun of someone by pretending that he is not what he is or by imitating him in a distorted manner

MAT 20:19: RV MAT 20:19 · LV MAT 20:19 · Read together MAT 20:19

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OET-RV MAT 20:19

19 and hand him over to the non-Jews to be mocked and flogged and executed on a post, and then on the third day he’ll come back to life.”

OET-LV MAT 20:19

19 and they _will _be _giving_ him _over to _the pagans, in _order that to _mock, and to _flog, and to _execute _on _a _stake, and on _the third day he _will _be _rising _up.

MAT 27:29: RV MAT 27:29 · LV MAT 27:29 · Read together MAT 27:29

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OET-RV MAT 27:29

29 They twisted together a crown made of strips of thorns and plonked it on his head and made him hold a reed as a staff. Then they knelt down in front of him and mocked him, saying, “Greetings, your majesty, King of the Yehudim (Jews).”

OET-LV MAT 27:29

29 and having _twisted _together a_crown of thorns, they _put _on it on the head of _him, and a_staff in the right hand of _him, and having _knelt before him, they _mocked at _him saying:
Greetings, the king of _the Youdaiōns.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 20:19 · RV MAT 27:29 · RV MAT 27:31 · RV MAT 27:41 · LV MAT 20:19 · LV MAT 27:29 · LV MAT 27:31 · LV MAT 27:41 · Read together MAT 20:19 · Read together MAT 27:29 · Read together MAT 27:31 · Read together MAT 27:41

MRK: RV MRK 10:34 · RV MRK 15:20 · RV MRK 15:31 · LV MRK 10:34 · LV MRK 15:20 · LV MRK 15:31 · Read together MRK 10:34 · Read together MRK 15:20 · Read together MRK 15:31

LUK: RV LUK 14:29 · RV LUK 18:32 · RV LUK 22:63 · RV LUK 23:11 · RV LUK 23:36 · LV LUK 14:29 · LV LUK 18:32 · LV LUK 22:63 · LV LUK 23:11 · LV LUK 23:36 · Read together LUK 14:29 · Read together LUK 18:32 · Read together LUK 22:63 · Read together LUK 23:11 · Read together LUK 23:36

Sense 2: to trick, to make a fool of

Semantic entry: 88.156

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Mislead, Lead Astray, Deceive

Definition: to trick someone into thinking or doing something and thus to make a fool of such a person

Notes: In RV MAT 2:16 · LV MAT 2:16 · Read together MAT 2:16 ἐμπαίζω would seem to carry two closely related meanings, namely ‘to deceive’ and also ‘to make a fool of,’ and therefore it may be quite appropriate to translate this portion of RV MAT 2:16 · LV MAT 2:16 · Read together MAT 2:16 as ‘when Herod realized that the wise men had deceived him and made a fool of him.’

MAT 2:16: RV MAT 2:16 · LV MAT 2:16 · Read together MAT 2:16

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OET-RV MAT 2:16

16 When King Herodes (Herod) realised that he’d been tricked by the watchers of signs, he got very angry and gave orders that all the sons in Beyt -Lehem (Bethlehem) and its districts that were two years old and younger be killed, because that was the period that he’d found out from the watchers of signs.

OET-LV MAT 2:16

16 Then Haʸrōdaʸs, having _seen that he _was _mocked by the wise _men, was _enraged exceedingly and having _sent _out, he _killed all the boys which in Baʸthleʼem/(Bēyt-leḩem) and in all the regions of _it from two _year and lower, according _to the time which he _ascertained from the wise _men.