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Lexicon :: Strong's G3985 - peirazō

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πειράζω
Transliteration
peirazō (Key)
Pronunciation
pi-rad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
38x in 20 unique form(s) TR
38x in 19 unique form(s) LXX
29x in 13 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:23,822

Trench's Synonyms: lxxiv. δοκιμάζω, πειράζω.

Strong’s Definitions

πειράζω peirázō, pi-rad'-zo; from G3984; to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline:—assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's G3985 in the following manner: tempt (29x), try (4x), tempter (2x), prove (1x), assay (1x), examine (1x), go about (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's G3985 in the following manner: tempt (29x), try (4x), tempter (2x), prove (1x), assay (1x), examine (1x), go about (1x).

  1. to try whether a thing can be done

    1. to attempt, endeavour

  2. to try, make trial of, test: for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself

    1. in a good sense

    2. in a bad sense, to test one maliciously, craftily to put to the proof his feelings or judgments

    3. to try or test one's faith, virtue, character, by enticement to sin

      1. to solicit to sin, to tempt

        1. of the temptations of the devil

    4. after the OT usage

      1. of God: to inflict evils upon one in order to prove his character and the steadfastness of his faith

      2. men are said to tempt God by exhibitions of distrust, as though they wished to try whether he is not justly distrusted

      3. by impious or wicked conduct to test God's justice and patience, and to challenge him, as it were to give proof of his perfections.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πειράζω peirázō, pi-rad'-zo; from G3984; to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline:—assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.
STRONGS G3985:
πειράζω (a form found several times in Homer and Apoll. Rhod. and later prose, for πειράω (which see in Veitch) more common in the other Greek writings); imperfect ἐπείραζον; 1 aorist ἐπείρασα; passive, present πειράζομαι; 1 aorist ἐπειρασθην; perfect participle πεπειρασμενος (Hebrews 4:15; see πειράω, 1); 1 aorist middle 2 person singular ἐπειράσω (Revelation 2:2 Rec.); the Sept. for נִסָּה; to try, i. e.:
1. to try whether a thing can be done; to attempt, endeavor: with an infinitive, Acts 9:26 L T Tr WH; Acts 16:7; 24:6.
2. to try, make trial of, test: τινα, for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself;
a. in a good sense: Matthew 22:35 (others refer this to b.); John 6:6; (2 Corinthians 13:5); Revelation 2:2.
b. in a bad sense: to test one maliciously, craftily to put to the proof his feelings or judgment, Matthew 16:1; Matthew 19:3; Matthew 22:18, 35; Mark 8:11; Mark 10:2; Mark 12:15; Luke 11:16; Luke 20:23 (where G T WH Tr text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets the words τί με πειράζετε); John 8:6.
c. to try or test one's faith, virtue, character, by enticement to sin; hence, according to the context equivalent to to solicit to sin, to tempt: James 1:13; Galatians 6:1; Revelation 2:10; of the temptations of the devil, Matthew 4:1, 3; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:2; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; hence, ὁ πειράζων, a substantive, Vulg. tentator, etc., the tempter: Matthew 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:5.
d. After the O. T. usage
α. of God; to inflict evils upon one in order to prove his character and the steadfastness of his faith: 1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 4:15 (see πειράω); Hebrews 11:17,37 (where see WH's Appendix); Revelation 3:10 (Genesis 22:1; Exodus 20:20; Deuteronomy 8:2; Wis. 3:5 Wis. 11:10(Wisdom 11:9); Judith 8:25f).
β. Men are said πειράζειν τόν Θεόν — by exhibitions of distrust, as though they wished to try whether he is not justly distrusted; by impious or wicked conduct to test God's justice and patience, and to challenge him, as it were, to give proof of his perfections: Acts 15:10; Hebrews 3:9 R G (Exodus 17:2, 7; Numbers 14:22; Psalm 77:41 (Ps. 78:41), Psalms 77:56; Psalms 105:14 (Psalms 106:14), etc.; cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdb. on Sap., p. 49); namely, τόν Χριστόν (L T Tr text WH τόν κύριον), 1 Corinthians 10:9 (but L marginal reading T WH marginal reading ἐξεπείρασαν); τό κυρίου, Acts 5:9; absolutely πειράζειν ἐν δοιμασια (see δοκιμασία), Hebrews 3:9 L T Tr WH. (On πειράζω (as compared with δοκιμάζω), see Trench, § lxxiv.; cf. Cremer, under the word. Compare: ἐξπειράζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
22:1
Exodus
17:2; 17:7; 20:20
Numbers
14:22
Deuteronomy
8:2
Psalms
78:41; 105:14; 106:14
Matthew
4:1; 4:3; 4:3; 16:1; 19:3; 22:18; 22:35; 22:35
Mark
1:13; 8:11; 10:2; 12:15
Luke
4:2; 11:16; 20:23
John
6:6; 8:6
Acts
5:9; 9:26; 15:10; 16:7; 24:6
1 Corinthians
7:5; 10:9; 10:13
2 Corinthians
13:5
Galatians
6:1
1 Thessalonians
3:5; 3:5
Hebrews
2:18; 3:9; 3:9; 4:15; 4:15; 11:17; 11:37
James
1:13
Revelation
2:2; 2:2; 2:10; 3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3985 matches the Greek πειράζω (peirazō),
which occurs 38 times in 34 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1 - Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:1 - And the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming to him, asked him, tempting him, to shew them a sign out of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:3 - And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:35 - And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:11 - And the Pharisees went out and began to dispute against him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:2 - And Pharisees coming to him asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (tempting him).

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:15 - Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:16 - And others tempting him sought from him a sign out of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:23 - But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:6 - But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - But this they said proving him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:9 - And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - Now therefore why tempt ye God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:7 - having come down to Mysia, they attempted to go to Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:6 - who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, and would have judged according to our law;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:5 - Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:13 - No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should be able to bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:5 - examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:1 - Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest *thou* also be tempted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - For this reason *I* also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:18 - for, in that himself has suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are being tempted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:9 - where your fathers tempted me, by proving me, and saw my works forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:17 - By faith Abraham, when tried, offered up Isaac, and he who had received to himself the promises offered up his only begotten son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13 - Let no man, being tempted, say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil things, and himself tempts no one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - I know thy works and thy labour, and thine endurance, and that thou canst not bear evil men; and thou hast tried them who say that themselves are apostles and are not, and hast found them liars;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, *I* also will keep thee out of the hour of trial, which is about to come upon the whole habitable world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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