To test/tempt
πειράζωStrong’s G3985peirazō
Appears in 36 verses of the New Testament
In short
Peirazō is the Greek word usually translated “testing”, “being tempted” and “do you test”. It appears in 36 verses of the New Testament.
“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”
Meaning
Usually translated “testing”, “being tempted” and “do you test”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- testing 8
- being tempted 4
- do you test 3
- to be tempted 2
- tempting 2
- tested 2
- tempted 2
- to test 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 6
- Acts 5
- Hebrews 5
- Mark 4
- Luke 3
- 1 Corinthians 3
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
- Matthew 16:1The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 19:3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- Matthew 22:18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
- Matthew 22:35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
- Mark 1:13And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Greek dictionary
πειράζω peirazō · to test/tempt
πειράζω poët. and late prose form of πειράω, which see, [in LXX for נָסָה pi. ;] 1. to make proof of (Hom.). 2. to try, attempt (Luc., Polyb., with inf. (see M, Pr., 205; B1., § 69, 4), Act.9:26 16:7 24:6. 3. In LXX and NT, like Heb. נָסָה, with accusative of person(s), to test, try, prove; (a) in a good sense : Jhn.6:6, 2Co.13:5, Heb.11:17, Rev.2:2; esp. of trials and af6ictions sent or permitted by God (Gen.22:1, Exo.20:20, Wis.3:5, al.), 1Co.10:13, Heb.2:18 4:15 11:17, 37, Rev.3:10; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “testing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TEST'ING, participle present
tense [from test.] Trying for proof; proving by a standard or by experiment.
All definitions and other forms of “testing”
TEST'ING, noun
The act of trying for proof.
- In metallurgy, the operation of refining large quantities of gold or silver by means of lead, in the vessel called a test.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.