# G3985 πειράζω

πειράζω (peirázō), Strong’s G3985: to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline KJV: assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try. Occurs 79 times.

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*peirázō* — to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline

KJV: assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try

Derived from [πεῖρα peîra](https://besorah.bible/word/G3984) (a test, i.e. attempt, experience)

Occurs 79 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 4:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=1) — Then Yeshua was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- [Matthew 4:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=3) — The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
- [Matthew 16:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/16?v=1) — The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
- [Matthew 19:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/19?v=3) — Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- [Matthew 22:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/22?v=18) — But Yeshua perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
- [Matthew 22:35](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/22?v=35) — One of them, a Torah scholar, asked him a question, testing him.
- [Mark 1:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/1?v=13) — He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving…
- [Mark 8:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/8?v=11) — The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven and testing him.
- [Mark 10:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/10?v=2) — Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
- [Mark 12:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/12?v=15) — Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a…