- Original: παίω - Transliteration: Paio - Phonetic: pah'-yo - Definition: 1. to strike, smite 2. to sting (to strike or wound with a sting) - Origin: a primary verb - TDNT entry: to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than 5180) - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: A primary verb; to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180 ); specifically to sting (as a scorpion): - smite strike. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • smote, 4 Mat 26:68; Mar 14:47; Luke 22:64; Joh 18:10 • striketh, 1 Revelation 9:5