# G3987 πειράω

πειράω (peiráō), Strong’s G3987: to test (subjectively), i.e. (reflexively) to attempt KJV: assay. Occurs 9 times.

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*peiráō* — to test (subjectively), i.e. (reflexively) to attempt

KJV: assay

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

Occurs 9 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 26:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/26?v=21) — For this reason Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
- [1 Maccabees 12:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/12?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/10?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/1?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/2?v=32) — A nobler spirit, however, prompted the majority to cling to their religious observances, and by paying money that they…
- [4 Maccabees 12:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/12?v=3) — seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavored to counsel him, saying,