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To try

πειράωStrong’s G3987

peiraō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Peiraō is the Greek word usually translated “were attempting”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.”
Acts 26:21 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “were attempting”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • they were attempting 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Greek dictionary

    πειράω peiraō · to try

    πειράω more commonly as depon., πειράομαι, [in LXX for נָסָה ;] to try, attempt: Act.26:21.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “try” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    TRY, verb intransitive

    To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort; to attempt. try to learn; try to lift a weight. The horses tried to draw the load. [These phrases give the true sense.]

      All definitions and other forms of “try”

        TRY, verb transitive

        To examine; to make experiment on; to prove by experiment.

        1. To experience; to have knowledge by experience of.
        2. To prove by a test; as, to try weights and measures by a standard; to try one's opinions by the divine oracles.
        3. To act upon as a test.
        4. To examine judicially by witnesses and the principles of law; as causes tried in court.
        5. To essay; to attempt.
        6. To purify; to refine; as silver seven times tried.
        7. To search carefully into. Psalms 11:4
        8. To use as means; as, to try remedies for a disease.
        9. To strain; as, to try the eyes; the literal sense of the word.

        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.