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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 29 times in 29 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - And it came to pass after these things that God tempted Abraam, and said to him, Abraam, Abraam; and he said, Lo! I am here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:25 - And Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord shewed him a tree, and he cast it into the water, and the water was sweetened: there he established to him ordinances and judgments, and there he proved him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - And the people reviled Moses, saying, Give us water, that we may drink; and Moses said to them, Why do ye revile me, and why tempt ye the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - And he called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not hearkened to my voice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of another nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt [fn]in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - (LXX 13:4) ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:8 - And to Levi he said, Give to Levi his manifestations, and his truth to the holy man, whom they tempted in the temptation; they reviled him at the water of strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - to prove Israel with them, whether they would keep the way of the Lord, to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - And these are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - And this was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - And Gedeon said to God, Let not, I pray thee, thine anger be kindled with me, and I will speak yet once; I will even yet make one trial more with the fleece: let now the drought be upon the fleece only, and let there be dew on all the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he [fn]made trial walking with them once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved them: so they remove them from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and she had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to enquire of him concerning the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - (LXX 25:2) Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:16 - (LXX 34:16) They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - (LXX 77:41) Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - (LXX 77:56) Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - (LXX 94:9) where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:14 - (LXX 105:14) And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23 - All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:12 - And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:12 - Prove now thy servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:14 - And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
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