Lexicon :: Strong's G3985 - peirazō
πειράζω
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 6:23,822
Trench's Synonyms: lxxiv. δοκιμάζω, πειράζω.
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to try whether a thing can be done
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to attempt, endeavour
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to try, make trial of, test: for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself
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in a good sense
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in a bad sense, to test one maliciously, craftily to put to the proof his feelings or judgments
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to try or test one's faith, virtue, character, by enticement to sin
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to solicit to sin, to tempt
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of the temptations of the devil
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after the OT usage
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of God: to inflict evils upon one in order to prove his character and the steadfastness of his faith
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men are said to tempt God by exhibitions of distrust, as though they wished to try whether he is not justly distrusted
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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.
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1. to try whether a thing can be done; to attempt, endeavor: with an infinitive,
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:
b. in a bad sense: to test one maliciously, craftily to put to the proof his feelings or judgment,
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:
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:
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:
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- 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
