verb
ekpeirazamō
Strong’sG1598
I put to the test, make trial of, tempt
stem ekpeiraz-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἐκ-πειράζω
[in LXX: De 6:16 8:2, 16 Ps 78:18 (נָסָה pi.) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1598 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
tempt, with accusative, LXX+NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekpeirazasiἐκπειράσεις | will happen · youfuture active indicative 2nd person singular | put … tothe test | 2× |
| ekpeirazaneiōἐκπειράζωμεν | happening now · wepresent active subjunctive 1st person plural | put … tothe test | 1× |
| ekpeirazarōntosἐκπειράζων | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | test | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpeirazamō | ekpeirazame | ekpeirazami | ekpeirazama | ekpeirazamē | ekpeirazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpeirazasō | ekpeirazase | ekpeirazasi2×ἐκπειράσεις | ekpeirazasa | ekpeirazasē | ekpeirazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpeirazatō | ekpeirazate | ekpeirazati | ekpeirazata | ekpeirazatē | ekpeirazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ekpeirazanō | ekpeirazane | ekpeirazani | ekpeirazana | ekpeirazanē | ekpeirazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpeirazavō | ekpeirazave | ekpeirazavi | ekpeirazava | ekpeirazavē | ekpeirazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpeirazalō | ekpeirazale | ekpeirazali | ekpeirazala | ekpeirazalē | ekpeirazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpeirazameiō | ekpeirazameia | ekpeirazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpeirazaseiō | ekpeirazaseia | ekpeirazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpeirazateiō | ekpeirazateia | ekpeirazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ekpeirazaneiō1×ἐκπειράζωμεν | ekpeirazaneia | ekpeirazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpeirazaveiō | ekpeirazaveia | ekpeirazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpeirazaleiō | ekpeirazaleia | ekpeirazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ekpeirazasōr | ekpeirazasar | ekpeirazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpeirazatōr | ekpeirazatar | ekpeirazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpeirazavōr | ekpeirazavar | ekpeirazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpeirazalōr | ekpeirazalar | ekpeirazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ekpeirazamoiō | ekpeirazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ekpeirazasoiō | ekpeirazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ekpeirazatoiō | ekpeirazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ekpeirazanoiō | ekpeirazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ekpeirazavoiō | ekpeirazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ekpeirazaloiō | ekpeirazaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ekpeirazarō | ekpeirazari | ekpeirazara | ekpeirazarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ekpeirazarōntos1×ἐκπειράζων | ekpeirazarintos | ekpeirazarantos | ekpeirazarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
ekpeiraz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
ekpeirazasi“put … tothe test”will happen · youfuture active indicative 2nd person singular2×
Matthew 4:7… auto tos Iēsus; Palin grafotē; Ouk ekpeirazasi kurion ton theon su.… It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the …
Luke 4:12… auto tos Iēsus hoti Legotē; Ouk ekpeirazasi kurion ton theon su.… answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the …
ekpeirazaneiō“put … tothe test”happening now · wepresent active subjunctive 1st person plural1×
1 Corinthians 10:9“put … tothe test”mēde ekpeirazaneiō ton Christon, kathōs tinois autoiu peirazala, …We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were …
ekpeirazarōntos“test”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Luke 10:25Kai idou nomikos tinos anastēata ekpeirazarōntos auton legarōntos; Didaskalor, tinem poiarantos zōan …… in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must …