Strong's Concordance peirazó: to make proof of, to attempt, test, tempt Original Word: πειράζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peirazó Phonetic Spelling: (pi-rad'-zo) Definition: to make proof of, to attempt, test, tempt Usage: I try, tempt, test. HELPS Word-studies 3985 peirázō (from 3984 /peíra, "test, trial") – "originally to test, to try which was its usual meaning in the ancient Greek and in the LXX" (WP, 1, 30). "The word means either test or tempt" (WP, 1, 348). Context alone determines which sense is intended, or if both apply simultaneously. 3985 (peirazō) means "tempt" ("negative sense") in: Mt 16:1, 19:3, 22:18,35; Mk 8:11, 10:2, 12:15; Lk 11:16, 20:33; Jn 8:6; Js 1:13,14. 3985 (peirazō) however is used of positive tests in: Mt 4:11; Lk 22:28; 1 Cor 10:13; Js 1:12. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom peira Definition to make proof of, to attempt, test, tempt NASB Translation did (1), put (1), put to the test (2), tempt (2), tempted (13), tempter (2), test (6), tested (2), testing (7), tried (2), trying (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3985: πειράζωπειράζω (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; 2. to try, make trial of, test: 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 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 From peira; to test (objectively), i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline -- assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try. see GREEK peira Englishman's Concordance Matthew 4:1 V-ANPGRK: NAS: into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. KJV: the wilderness to be tempted of INT: the Spirit to be tempted by the Matthew 4:3 V-PPA-NMS Matthew 16:1 V-PPA-NMP Matthew 19:3 V-PPA-NMP Matthew 22:18 V-PIA-2P Matthew 22:35 V-PPA-NMS Mark 1:13 V-PPM/P-NMS Mark 8:11 V-PPA-NMP Mark 10:2 V-PPA-NMP Mark 12:15 V-PIA-2P Luke 4:2 V-PPM/P-NMS Luke 11:16 V-PPA-NMP John 6:6 V-PPA-NMS John 8:6 V-PPA-NMP Acts 5:9 V-ANA Acts 9:26 V-IIA-3S Acts 15:10 V-PIA-2P Acts 16:7 V-IIA-3P Acts 24:6 V-IIA-3S 1 Corinthians 7:5 V-PSA-3S 1 Corinthians 10:9 V-AIA-3P 1 Corinthians 10:13 V-ANP 2 Corinthians 13:5 V-PMA-2P Galatians 6:1 V-ASP-2S 1 Thessalonians 3:5 V-IIA-3S Strong's Greek 3985 |
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