G3987 πειράω
peiráō — to test (subjectively), i.e. (reflexively) to attempt
KJV: assay
Derived from πεῖρα peîra (a test, i.e. attempt, experience)
Occurs 9 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Acts 26:21 — For this reason Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
- 1 Maccabees 12:10 — have undertaken to send that we might renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, to the end that we should not…
- 2 Maccabees 2:23 — These things which have been declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will attempt to abridge in one book.
- 2 Maccabees 10:12 — For Ptolemy who was called Macron, setting an example of observing justice toward the Jews because of the wrong that…
- 2 Maccabees 11:19 — If then you will all preserve your good will toward the government, I will also endeavor in the future to contribute to…
- 3 Maccabees 1:25 — The elders who surrounded the king tried in many ways to divert his arrogant mind from the design which he had formed.
- 3 Maccabees 2:32 — A nobler spirit, however, prompted the majority to cling to their religious observances, and by paying money that they…
- 4 Maccabees 12:3 — seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavored to counsel him, saying,