ἐμπαίζωempaízō

Meanings

Same root

• ἐνen · G1722"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
• παίζωpaízō · G3815to sport (as a boy)
• ἐμπαιγμόςempaigmós · G1701derision
• ἐμπαίκτηςempaíktēs · G1703a derider, i.e. (by implication) a false teacher

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 2:16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
• Matthew 20:19 Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”
• Matthew 27:29 They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
• Matthew 27:31 When they were finally tired of mocking him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him again. Then they led him away to be crucified.
• Matthew 27:41 The leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders also mocked Jesus.
• Mark 10:34 They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again.”