Strong's Lexicon
G3984 — πεῖρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3984 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πεῖρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the base of G4008 (through the idea of piercing) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | peira |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pei`-rah |
| Meaning: | 1. a trial, i.e. attempt, experience |
| KJV Renderings: | assaying, trial |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πεῖρα, πειρας, ἡ (πειράω), from Aeschylus down, a trial, experiment, attempt: πεῖραν λαμβάνειν τίνος, equivalent to to attempt a thing, to make trial of a thing or a person (a phrase common in secular authors; cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 18; Cyril 3, 3, 38; see other examples in Sturz, Lex. Xenoph. iii., p. 488; Plato, Protag., p. 342 a.; Gorgias, p. 448 a.; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 5; Aelian v. h. 12, 22; often in Polybius, cf. Schweighäuser, Lex. Polybius, p. 460; the Sept. Deu 28:56; (other examples in Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii., p. 146)), θαλάσσης, to try whether the sea can be crossed dry-shod like the land, Heb 11:29; to have trial of a thing, i. e. to experience, learn to know by experience, μαστίγων, Heb 11:36 (often in Polybius; τῆς προνοίας, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πεῖρα (assaying)
Hebrews 11:29
- KJV: By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned
- GK: πίστει διέβησαν την ερυθράν θάλασσαν ως διά ξηράς ης πείραν λαβόντες οι Αιγύπτιοι κατεπόθησαν
Hebrews 11:36
- KJV: And others had trial of mockings and scourgings yea moreover of bonds and imprisonment
- GK: έτεροι δε εμπαιγμών και μαστίγων πείραν έλαβον έτι δε δεσμών και φυλακής