empaizō · mock

What it means

empaizō (ἐμπαίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mock”.

Make fun of someone.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To treat someone as a plaything, laughing at them to humiliate them, or to trick them.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• mocked ×4
• mock ×3
• mocking ×3
• they had mocked ×2
• he had been tricked ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×3
• Luke×5

• Matthew 2:16

  Then Herod, seeing that he had been tricked by the magi, was greatly enraged, and sending men, he killed all the children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time that he had learned precisely from the magi.

• Matthew 20:19

  and will hand him over to the nations to mock and flog and crucify him, and on the third day he will be raised.”

• Matthew 27:29

  And after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand; and kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

• Matthew 27:31

  And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak and put his own clothes on him, and they led him away to crucify him.

• Matthew 27:41

  In the same way the high priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, were saying,

• Mark 10:34

  and they will mock him and spit on him and flog him and kill him, and after three days he will rise.”

• Mark 15:20

  And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple and put his own clothes on him. And they lead him out to crucify him.

• Mark 15:31

  Likewise the high priests also, mocking him to one another with the scribes, were saying, “Others he saved; himself he cannot save.

• Luke 14:29

  Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to mock him,

• Luke 18:32

  For he will be handed over to the nations, and he will be mocked and insulted and spit upon;

• Luke 22:63

  And the men who were holding him were mocking him, beating him;

• Luke 23:11

  And Herod also, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt and mocked him; and putting splendid clothing on him, he sent him back to Pilate.

• Luke 23:36

  And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine