G3985 πειράζω
Strong's Greek Concordance · 41 KJV occurrences
πειράζω
peirázō
Definition
to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
KJV Renderings
assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try
Derivation / Etymology
from G3984 (πεῖρα);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 41)
- Matthew 4:1Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
- Matthew 22:35Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
- Luke 4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
- John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
- Hebrews 4:15For we have not an high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
- James 1:13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: