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Lexicon :: Strong's G3985 - peirazō

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1 - Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:1 - And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:18 - But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:35 - And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:13 - And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:11 - And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:2 - And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:15 - Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:16 - And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:6 - This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:9 - But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:26 - And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:10 - Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:7 - And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:6 - Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:5 - Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:9 - And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:13 - You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:5 - Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:1 - Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:18 - For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:9 - When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:15 - For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:17 - By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:13 - Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:14 - But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:10 - Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
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