Word Study · Strong's G3817 · Greek
παίω
paio
pah'-yo
Strong's 1890 spelling: paíō
“to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than )”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than ); specially, to sting (as a scorpion)
Rendered in the KJV as
smite, strike.
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ἔπαισεν2
- παίσας2
- παίσῃ1
How it is rendered · 4
- having struck2
- he struck1
- it may strike1
- struck1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3S · 2
- V-AAP-NSM · 2
- V-AAS-3S · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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