πειράω peiraō · G3987
to try
πειράω more commonly as depon., πειράομαι, ; [in LXX for נָסָה ; ] ; to try, attempt: Act.26:21.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
πειράω, ; []: imperfect ; A ἐπείρων []future -άσω [ᾱ] []: aorist ἐπείρᾱσα []: perfect πεπείρᾱκα [] —passive, aorist ἐπειράθην [ᾱ] []; compare πειράζω. ; B more frequently in middle πειράομαι, []future -άσομαι [ᾱ] []; Doric dialect 2nd pers. plural πειρασεῖσθε []aorist ἐπειρᾱσάμην, Ionic dialect ἐπειρησάμην, []; but aorist passive ἐπειρήθην, Attic dialect ἐπειράθην [ᾱ], found in middle sense, []perfect πεπείρᾱμαι, Ionic dialect -ημαι, []: 3rd.pers. plural pluperfect ἐπεπείραντο [], Ionic dialect …
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Source: TBESG G3987; TFLSJ G3987
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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