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Strong G3986G3986Hπειρασμός

temptation/testing: testing

One of the 2 senses of Strong G3986

Transliteration
peirasmos
Pronunciation
pi-ras-mos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G3985; a putting to proof (by experiment [of good] experience [of evil] solicitation discipline or provocation); by implication adversity: - temptation X try.

Detailed definition

πειρασμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(πειράζω), [in LXX for מַסָּה, עִנְיָן;]
1. = πεῖρα, an experiment Diosc.).

2. a trial, of ethical purpose and effect, whether good or evil (see Hort on Jas.1:13)
__(a) in good or neutral sense: Gal.4:14, Jas.1:12, 1Pe.4:12; esp. of afflictions sent by God (Deu.7:19, Sir.21:1-28, al.): 2Pe.2:9, Rev.3:10; pl., Luk.22:28, Act.20:19, Jas.1:2, 1Pe.1:6;
__(b) of trial regarded as leading to sin, temptation: Luk.8:13, 1Co.10:13, 1Ti.6:9; of the temptation of Jesus by the devil, Luk.4:13; εἰσφέρειν (ἔρχεσθαι, εἰσέρχ-) εἰς π., Mat.6:13 26:41, Mrk.14:38, Luk.11:4 22:40, 46;
__(with) of the testing or challenge of God by man (see: πειράζω, 3, with): Heb.3:8 (LXX: Psa.95:9, where κατα τ. ἡμέραν πειρασμοῦ = מַסָּה the day of Massah).†
SYN.: δοκίμιον (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3986H appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • temptation10
  • try1

First verses

  1. Luke 8:13
    They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
  2. Luke 22:28
    Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
  3. Acts 20:19
    Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
  4. Galatians 4:14
    And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
  5. Hebrews 3:8
    Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  6. James 1:2
    My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
  7. James 1:12
    Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
  8. 1 Peter 1:6
    Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
  9. 1 Peter 4:12
    Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
  10. 2 Peter 2:9
    The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
  11. Revelation 3:10
    Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πειρ-ασμός, ὁ,
trial, [LXX+NT (LXX.Deu.4.34, +others, NT.1Pet.4.12)]; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν παθῶν π. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1 “Praef.” 5; πειρασμοὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ θαλάσσῃ 1st c.AD: Cyranus 40.)]
2 worry, [LXX (LXX.Eccl.5.2.)]
II temptation,[LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.44.20, NT.Mark.14.38, etc.)]