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verb

Greekπειράω (peiraō)
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peiromō

Strong’sG3987

I try, attempt

stem peir-once in the New Testament1 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.

πειράω, more commonly as depon., πειράομαι,

[in LXX for נסה;]

to try, attempt: Ac 26:21.†

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

Strong’s G3987 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpi-rah'-o

to test (subjectively), i.e. (reflexively) to attempt

Fromfrom G3984;

King Jamesassay.

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
πειράω,
Refs 8th c.BC+: imperfect
A ἐπείρων Refs 5th c.BC+future -άσω [ᾱ] Refs: aorist ἐπείρᾱσα Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect πεπείρᾱκα Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, aorist ἐπειράθην [ᾱ] Refs 5th c.BC+; compare πειράζω.
B more frequently in middle πειράομαι, Refs 8th c.BC+future -άσομαι [ᾱ] Refs 5th c.BC+; Doric dialect 2nd pers. plural πειρασεῖσθε Refs 5th c.BC+aorist ἐπειρᾱσάμην, Ionic dialect ἐπειρησάμην, Refs 8th c.BC+; but aorist passive ἐπειρήθην, Attic dialect ἐπειράθην [ᾱ], found in middle sense, Refs 8th c.BC+perfect πεπείρᾱμαι, Ionic dialect -ημαι, Refs 8th c.BC+: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect ἐπεπείραντο Refs 2nd c.AD+, Ionic dialect ἐπεπειρέατο Refs 5th c.BC+
A active, attempt, endeavour, try, with infinitive, μήτε τις.. πειράτω διακέρσαι ἐμὸν ἔπος Refs 8th c.BC+: with adjective neuter, πολλὰ πειρῶντες Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive understood, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.II with genitive person, make trial of one, μή μευ πειράτω, for the purpose of persuading, Refs 8th c.BC+; of things, τευχέων Refs 3rd c.BC+: in hostile sense, make an attempt on, μήλων πειρήσοντα Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐ πειρᾶν τῆς πόλιος, πρὶν.. Refs 5th c.BC+
A.III absolutely, ναυσὶ π. make an attempt by sea, Refs 5th c.BC+
A.IV with accusative of things, experience, τύχης ἐπήρειαν Refs 2nd c.AD+
A.IV.2 with accusative person, make an attempt on a woman's honour, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, πειραθεὶς ὁ Ἁρμόδιος ὑπὸ Ἱππάρχου Refs 5th c.BC+; see below Refs 5th c.BC+
B more frequently in middle, with infinitive, try to do, Refs 8th c.BC+: with future infinitive, Refs 1st c.AD+infinitive is sometimes understood, πειρήσεται (i.e. ἀλύξαι) Refs 8th c.BC+; by ἐάν or ἄν, Refs 5th c.BC+; by μὴ.., lest.., Refs 8th c.BC+; by ὅπως.., Refs 5th c.BC+: with participle, frequently in Refs 5th c.BC+; προσβαίνωνRefs; π. σκοπῶν Refs 5th c.BC+?? with neuter adjective, τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μικρὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II most frequently (V.Refs 4th c.BC+
B.II.1 with genitive person, make trial of one, Refs 8th c.BC+; νῦν σεῦ, ξεῖνε, ὀΐω πειρήσεσθαι, εἰRefs 8th c.BC+; ἦ πρῶτ᾽ ἐξερέοιτο ἕκαστά τε πειρήσαιτο test him in each particular, Refs 8th c.BC+; π. θεοῦ make trial of, tempt a god, Refs 5th c.BC+: in hostile sense, πρὶν πειρήσαιτ᾽ Ἀχιλῆος Refs 8th c.BC+; π. τῆς Πελοποννήσου make an attempt on it, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.2 with genitive of things, make proof or trial of.., σθένεος Refs 8th c.BC+; χειρῶν καὶ σθένεος π., ἢ.. ἦ.. Refs 8th c.BC+; try one's chance at or in a work or contest, ἔργου Refs; ἀέθλου, ἀέθλων, Refs 8th c.BC+; make proof of, try a weapon, τόξου Refs arrows whose force they were soon to make trial of, i. e.feel, Refs; also, make proof of, have experience of, especially in perfect passive, first in Refs 8th c.BC+; πειρασάμενος ἀγαθῶν, δουλείας, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀρφανίας π., i.e. to be an orphan, Refs 3rd c.BC+; but π. τινὸς μετρίου find him moderate by experience or on trial, Refs 1st c.AD+; also, πεπείρανται ὅτι.. Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.3 absolutely, try one's fortune, try the chances of war, αἴ κε θεὸς πειρώμενος ἐνθάδ᾽ ἵκηται Refs 8th c.BC+; πειρώμενος ἢ ἐν ἀέθλῳ ἠὲ καὶ ἐν πολέμῳ making trial of one's powers, Refs; Ἕκτορι πειρηθῆναι ἀντιβίην, ἢ.. ἦ.. to try one's fortune against him, Refs; περὶ δ᾽ αὐτῆς πειρηθήτω (i.e. τῆς ἵππου) let him try for her, as a prize, Refs
B.III make a trial or put a matter to the test, ἐν σοὶ πειρώμεθα Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐπειρήσαντο πόδεσσι tried their luck in the foot-race, Refs 8th c.BC+; also π. σὺν ἔντεσι, σὺν τεύχεσι π., Refs 8th c.BC+perfect, οὐδέ τί πω μύθοισι πεπείρημαι I have not tried myself, have not found my skill, in words, Refs 8th c.BC+; πεπειραμένος σαφῶς οἶδα by experience, Refs
B.IV with accusative person, make an attempt onRefs 5th c.BC+

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.

tried1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
peiroleἐπειρῶντοwas happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person pluraltried1×

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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularpeiromōpeiromepeiromēpeiromelē
you 2nd person singularpeirosōpeirosepeirosēpeiroselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpeirotōpeirotepeirotēpeirotelē
we 1st person pluralpeironōpeironepeironēpeironelē
ye 2nd person pluralpeirovōpeirovepeirovēpeirovelē
they 3rd person pluralpeirolōpeirole1×ἐπειρῶντοpeirolēpeirolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularpeiromeiōpeiromeiē
you 2nd person singularpeiroseiōpeiroseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpeiroteiōpeiroteiē
we 1st person pluralpeironeiōpeironeiē
ye 2nd person pluralpeiroveiōpeiroveiē
they 3rd person pluralpeiroleiōpeiroleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularpeirosōrpeirosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularpeirotōrpeirotēr
ye 2nd person pluralpeirovōrpeirovēr
they 3rd person pluralpeirolōrpeirolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularpeiromoiō
you 2nd person singularpeirosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularpeirotoiō
we 1st person pluralpeironoiō
ye 2nd person pluralpeirovoiō
they 3rd person pluralpeiroloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicepeirorōpeirorē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicepeirorōntospeirorēntos

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
peirstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

peir 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.

Where it appears

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

peirole“tried”was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 26:21… min Ioudaiois sullaberantois en te hiere peirole diacheirizera.… me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.