peiras

Strong’sG3984

a trial, experiment

stem peir-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 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.

πεῖρα, -ας, ἡ

(< πειράω), [in LXX: De 28:56 (π. λαμβάνειν, נסה pi.) 33:8 (מַסָּה), Wi 18:20, 25, II Mac 8:9, IV Mac 8:1*;]

a trial, experiment; π. λαμβάνειν, to make trial, have experience of: He 11:29, 36 (for exx., v. Field, Notes, 232 f.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3984 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpi'-rah

a test, i.e. attempt, experience

Fromfrom the base of G4008 (through the idea of piercing);

King Jamesassaying, trial.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

πεῖρα, ας
(Ionic dialect πεῖρα, accusative πεῖραν, genitive -ης), Aeolic dialect πέρρα Refs 4th c.AD+: ἡ:— trial, attempt, π. τοι μαθήσιος ἀρχά Refs 7th c.BC+; opposed to δόξα, Refs 6th c.BC+; ἢν μὲν ξυμβῇ ἡ π. Refs 3rd c.BC+; πεῖραν ἔχοντες being proved, Refs 5th c.BC+; but πεῖραν ἔχειν τινός to have experience of.., Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τινῶν ἔχειν ὅτι.. Refs; π. ἔχει τῆς γνώμης involves a trial of your resolution, Refs 5th c.BC+; πεῖράν τινος λαμβάνειν or λαβεῖν to make trial or proof of.., Refs 5th c.BC+; also, gain experience of.., ἐν ἑαυτῷRefs 5th c.BC+; πεῖράν τινος διδόναι (cf. Latin specimen sui edere) Darei Epist. in Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ποιεῖσθαι εἰ.. Refs 4th c.BC+; π. δέξασθαι undertake, Refs 1st c.AD+
2 with Preps., ἀπὸ πείρης by experiment, opposed to αὐτόματον, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι διὰ τῆς π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἰέναι ἐς τὴν π. τοῦ ναυτικοῦ try an action by sea, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀκοῆς κρείσσων ἐς π. ἔρχεται turns out on trial greater than report, Refs 4th c.BC+; Κύρου ἐν πείρᾳ γενέσθαι to have been acquainted with Cyrus, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ πείρᾳ by way of test or trial, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ π. δούς on trial, Refs 4th c.BC+; π. θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς a contest for.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II attempt on or against one, πεῖράν τιν᾽ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσαι a means of attacking.., Refs 5th c.BC+; especially attempt to seduce a woman, Refs 1st c.AD+: absolutely, attempt, enterprise, Refs 5th c.BC+; πεῖραν ἀφορμᾶν to go forth upon an enterprise, Refs 5th c.BC+; compare πειρατής. (Cf. Latin experior, peritus.)

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.

trial2×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	peiras	peirais
object accusative	peiran2×πεῖραν	peirain
direct address vocative	peirar	peirair
of, belonging to genitive	peirau	peiraiu
to, for dative	peira	peirai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

peirstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

peira 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

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

peiromō — πειράω, I try, attempt

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

peiran“trial”objectaccusative singular2×

Hebrews 11:29“trial”… Thalassan hōs dia xērau gēau, hau peiran labarantois tois Aiguptiois katapinila.… the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Hebrews 11:36“trial”heterois de empaigmoiu kai mastigaiu peiran labala, ēti de desmoiu kai fulakau;Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.