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Lexicon :: Strong's G3984 - peira

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πεῖρα
Transliteration
peira (Key)
Pronunciation
pi'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of πέραν (G4008) (through the idea of piercing)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:23,822

Strong’s Definitions

πεῖρα peîra, pi'-rah; from the base of G4008 (through the idea of piercing); a test, i.e. attempt, experience:—assaying, trial.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3984 in the following manner: assay (with G2983) (1x), trial (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3984 in the following manner: assay (with G2983) (1x), trial (1x).

  1. a trial, experience, attempt

  2. to attempt a thing, to make trial of a thing or of a person

  3. to have a trial of a thing

  4. to experience, learn to know by experience

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πεῖρα peîra, pi'-rah; from the base of G4008 (through the idea of piercing); a test, i.e. attempt, experience:—assaying, trial.
STRONGS G3984:
πεῖρα, πειρας, ἡ (πειράω), from Aeschylus down, a trial, experiment, attempt: πεῖραν λαμβάνειν τίνος, equivalent to to attempt a thing, to make trial of a thing or a person (a phrase common in secular authors; cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 18; Cyril 3, 3, 38; see other examples in Sturz, Lex. Xenoph. iii., p. 488; Plato, Protag., p. 342 a.; Gorgias, p. 448 a.; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 5; Aelian v. h. 12, 22; often in Polybius, cf. Schweighäuser, Lex. Polybius, p. 460; the Sept. Deuteronomy 28:56; (other examples in Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii., p. 146)), θαλάσσης, to try whether the sea can be crossed dry-shod like the land, Hebrews 11:29; to have trial of a thing, i. e. to experience, learn to know by experience, μαστίγων, Hebrews 11:36 (often in Polybius; τῆς προνοίας, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:56
Hebrews
11:29; 11:36

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Strong's Number G3984 matches the Greek πεῖρα (peira),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:29 - By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:36 - Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
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