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Lexicon :: Strong's G3986 - peirasmos

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πειρασμός
Transliteration
peirasmos (Key)
Pronunciation
pi-ras-mos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:23,822

Strong’s Definitions

πειρασμός peirasmós, pi-ras-mos'; from G3985; a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity:—temptation, × try.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G3986 in the following manner: temptation (19x), temptations (1x), try (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G3986 in the following manner: temptation (19x), temptations (1x), try (1x).

  1. an experiment, attempt, trial, proving

    1. trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:14)

    2. the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy

      1. an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances

      2. an internal temptation to sin

        1. of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand

      3. of the condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from the faith and holiness

      4. adversity, affliction, trouble: sent by God and serving to test or prove one's character, faith, holiness

    3. temptation (i.e. trial) of God by men

      1. rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πειρασμός peirasmós, pi-ras-mos'; from G3985; a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity:—temptation, × try.
STRONGS G3986:
πειρασμός, πειρασμοῦ, ὁ (πειράζω, which see), the Sept. for מַסָּה, an experiment, attempt, trial, proving; (Vulg. tentatio);
a. universally, trial, proving: Sir. 27:5, 7; τόν πειρασμόν ὑμῶν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since this condition served to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul, Galatians 4:14 L T Tr WH (cf. b. below, and Lightfoot at the passage).
b. specifically, the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy, etc.: 1 Peter 4:12; also an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from outward circumstances, Luke 8:13; 1 Corinthians 10:13; ὑπομένειν πειρασμόν, James 1:12; an internal temptation to sin, 1 Timothy 6:9; of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand, Luke 4:13; of a condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from faith and holiness: in the phrases εἰσφέρειν τινα εἰς πειρασμόν, Matthew 6:13; Luke 11:4; ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς πειρασμόν, Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38 (here T WH ἔλθητε); Luke 22:40, 46; adversity, affliction, trouble (cf. our trial), sent by God and serving to test or prove one's faith, holiness, character: plural, Luke 22:28; Acts 20:19; James 1:2; 1 Peter 1:6; τόν πειρασμόν μου τόν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου, my temptation arising from my bodily infirmity, Galatians 4:14 Rec. (but see a. above); ὥρα τοῦ πειρασμοῦ, Revelation 3:10; ἐκ πειρασμοῦ ῤύεσθαι, 2 Peter 2:9 (Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 29:3; Sir. 2:1 Sir. 6:7 Sir. 36:1 (Sir. 33:1); 1 Macc. 2:52).
c. 'temptation' (i. e. trial) of God by men, i. e. rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as It were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves: Hebrews 3:8 (Deuteronomy 6:16; Deuteronomy 9:22; Psalm 94:8 (Ps. 95:8)). Cf. Fried. B. Koester, Die Biblical Lehre yon der Versuchung. Gotha, 1859. (The word has not yet been found in secular authors except Dioscorides (?) praef. i. τούς ἐπί παθῶν πειρασμούς experiments made on diseases.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
6:16; 7:19; 9:22; 29:3
Psalms
94:8; 95:8
Matthew
6:13; 26:41
Mark
14:38
Luke
4:13; 8:13; 11:4; 22:28; 22:40; 22:46
Acts
20:19
1 Corinthians
10:13
Galatians
4:14; 4:14
1 Timothy
6:9
Hebrews
3:8
James
1:2; 1:12
1 Peter
1:6; 4:12
2 Peter
2:9
Revelation
3:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3986 matches the Greek πειρασμός (peirasmos),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:13 - And lead us not into temptation,[fn] but deliver us from the evil one.[fn]’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:41 - “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:38 - Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:13 - When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:13 - Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:4 - Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[fn] And lead us not into temptation.[fn]’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:28 - You are those who have stood by me in my trials.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:40 - On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:46 - “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:19 - I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:13 - No temptation[fn] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[fn] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,[fn] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:14 - and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:8 - do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:2 - Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[fn] whenever you face trials of many kinds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:12 - Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:6 - In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:12 - Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:9 - if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
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