Strong G3984πεῖρα
test
- Transliteration
- peira
- Pronunciation
- pi'-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the base of G4008 (through the idea of piercing); a test that is attempt experience: - assaying trial.
Detailed definition
πεῖρα, -ας, ἡ
(πειράω), [in LXX: Deu.28:56 (π. λαμβάνειν, נָסָה pi.) Deu.33:8 (מַסָּה), Wis.18:20, 25, 2Ma.8:9, 4Ma.8:1 *;]
trial, experiment; π. λαμβάνειν, to make trial, have experience of: Heb.11:29, 36 (for exx., see Field, Notes, 232 f.).†
(AS)
(πειράω), [in LXX: Deu.28:56 (π. λαμβάνειν, נָסָה pi.) Deu.33:8 (מַסָּה), Wis.18:20, 25, 2Ma.8:9, 4Ma.8:1 *;]
trial, experiment; π. λαμβάνειν, to make trial, have experience of: Heb.11:29, 36 (for exx., see Field, Notes, 232 f.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3984 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- assay1
- trial1
First verses
- Hebrews 11:29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
- Hebrews 11:36And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πεῖρα, ας
(Ionic dialect πεῖρα, accusative πεῖραν, genitive -ης), Aeolic dialect πέρρα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus in “An. Ox.” 2.252)]: ἡ:— trial, attempt, π. τοι μαθήσιος ἀρχά [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 63)]; opposed to δόξα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 571; πείρᾳ δ᾽ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 591; πικρὰν πεῖραν τολμήσειν [prev. author] “El.” 471; πείρᾳ σφαλῆναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ ἡ π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.3; πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖται 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.62)]; πεῖραν ἔχοντες being proved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.76)]; but πεῖραν ἔχειν τινός to have experience of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.5)]; π. τινῶν ἔχειν ὅτι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.16)]; π. ἔχει τῆς γνώμης involves a trial of your resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; πεῖράν τινος λαμβάνειν or λαβεῖν to make trial or proof of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 691, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.236, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 448a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.33, etc.)]; also, gain experience of.., ἐν ἑαυτῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.8.15; π. λ. τινός, ὅπως ἔχει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342a; π. λ. τινός, εἰ ἄρα τι λέγει [prev. author] “Thg.” 129d)]; πεῖράν τινος διδόναι (cf. Latin specimen sui edere) Darei Epist. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 22.21, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.45; π. τῆς δόξης δοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11; π. ἔργῳ δεδωκέναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.107, compare 195; π. ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες καὶ διδόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 348a; πεῖραν ποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.53)]; π. ποιεῖσθαι εἰ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.20; ταῖς π. βασανίζειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 747a3; πεῖραν καθεῖναι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.13, compare “NA” 1.39)]; π. δέξασθαι undertake, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 5.)]
2 with Preps., ἀπὸ πείρης by experiment, opposed to αὐτόματον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9. ; διὰ πείρας ἰέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 369a; διὰ π. ἔργων ἐλήλυθε 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus “Praef.” 7)]; ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι διὰ τῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341a37; ἐς πεῖραν ἤλθομεν φίλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 309, etc.)]; ἰέναι ἐς τὴν π. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ try an action by sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.21)]; ἀκοῆς κρείσσων ἐς π. ἔρχεται turns out on trial greater than report, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.41; ἐκ τῆς π. δῆλον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 938b38)]; Κύρου ἐν πείρᾳ γενέσθαι to have been acquainted with Cyrus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.1; ἐν π. τέλος διαφαίνεται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.70)]; ἐπὶ πείρᾳ by way of test or trial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 583)]; ἐπὶ π. δούς on trial, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 118)]; π. θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς a contest for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.28.)]
II attempt on or against one, πεῖράν τιν᾽ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι a means of attacking.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 2; τοιοῦδε φωτὸς π. εὖ φυλακτέον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 499)]; especially attempt to seduce a woman, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 26, “Cim.” 1)]: absolutely, attempt, enterprise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 719 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20)]; πεῖραν ἀφορμᾶν to go forth upon an enterprise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 290)]; compare πειρατής. (Cf. Latin experior, peritus.)
(Ionic dialect πεῖρα, accusative πεῖραν, genitive -ης), Aeolic dialect πέρρα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus in “An. Ox.” 2.252)]: ἡ:— trial, attempt, π. τοι μαθήσιος ἀρχά [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 63)]; opposed to δόξα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 571; πείρᾳ δ᾽ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 591; πικρὰν πεῖραν τολμήσειν [prev. author] “El.” 471; πείρᾳ σφαλῆναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ ἡ π. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.3; πείρᾳ θην πάντα τελεῖται 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.62)]; πεῖραν ἔχοντες being proved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.76)]; but πεῖραν ἔχειν τινός to have experience of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.5)]; π. τινῶν ἔχειν ὅτι.. [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 3.2.16)]; π. ἔχει τῆς γνώμης involves a trial of your resolution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140)]; πεῖράν τινος λαμβάνειν or λαβεῖν to make trial or proof of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 691, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.236, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 448a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.33, etc.)]; also, gain experience of.., ἐν ἑαυτῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 5.8.15; π. λ. τινός, ὅπως ἔχει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 342a; π. λ. τινός, εἰ ἄρα τι λέγει [prev. author] “Thg.” 129d)]; πεῖράν τινος διδόναι (cf. Latin specimen sui edere) Darei Epist. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 22.21, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.45; π. τῆς δόξης δοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11; π. ἔργῳ δεδωκέναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.107, compare 195; π. ἀλλήλων λαμβάνοντες καὶ διδόντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 348a; πεῖραν ποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.53)]; π. ποιεῖσθαι εἰ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.20; ταῖς π. βασανίζειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 747a3; πεῖραν καθεῖναι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.13, compare “NA” 1.39)]; π. δέξασθαι undertake, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 5.)]
2 with Preps., ἀπὸ πείρης by experiment, opposed to αὐτόματον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9. ; διὰ πείρας ἰέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 369a; διὰ π. ἔργων ἐλήλυθε 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus “Praef.” 7)]; ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι διὰ τῆς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1341a37; ἐς πεῖραν ἤλθομεν φίλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 309, etc.)]; ἰέναι ἐς τὴν π. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ try an action by sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.21)]; ἀκοῆς κρείσσων ἐς π. ἔρχεται turns out on trial greater than report, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.41; ἐκ τῆς π. δῆλον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 938b38)]; Κύρου ἐν πείρᾳ γενέσθαι to have been acquainted with Cyrus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.1; ἐν π. τέλος διαφαίνεται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.70)]; ἐπὶ πείρᾳ by way of test or trial, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 583)]; ἐπὶ π. δούς on trial, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 118)]; π. θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς a contest for.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.28.)]
II attempt on or against one, πεῖράν τιν᾽ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι a means of attacking.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 2; τοιοῦδε φωτὸς π. εὖ φυλακτέον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 499)]; especially attempt to seduce a woman, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 26, “Cim.” 1)]: absolutely, attempt, enterprise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 719 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20)]; πεῖραν ἀφορμᾶν to go forth upon an enterprise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 290)]; compare πειρατής. (Cf. Latin experior, peritus.)