Meaning
Trial <1,,1382, dokime>
for which see EXPERIENCE, No. 2, is rendered "trial" in 2Co 8:2, AV (RV, "proof").
<2,,3984, peira>
"a making trial, an experiment," is used with lambano, "to receive or take," in Heb 11:29, rendered "assaying," and Heb 11:36, in the sense of "having experience of" (akin to peirao, "to assay, to try"), "had trial." In the Sept., Deu 28:56.
<3,,3986, peirasmos>
akin to No. 2, is rendered "trials" in Act 20:19, RV. See TEMPTATION.
<4,,4451, purosis>
akin to puroo, "to set on fire," signifies (a) "a burning;" (b) "a refining," metaphorically in 1Pe 4:12, "fiery trial," or rather "trial by fire," referring to the refining of gold (1Pe 1:7). See BURNING.
Note: For dokimion, rendered "trial" in 1Pe 1:7, AV, see PROOF, No. 2.
