G3986
πειρασμός
peirasmos
Appears in 21 Bible verses
Strong's Definition
nullpeirasm s,pi-ras-mos' from peirasm s,pi-ras-mos' from
Detailed Meaning
an experiment, attempt, trial, proving, trial, proving the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (, the trial of man' s fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy, an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from the outward circumstances, an internal temptation to sin, of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand, of the condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from the faith and holiness, adversity, affliction, trouble sent by God and serving to test or prove one' s character, faith, holiness, temptation (i.e. trial) of God by men, rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as it were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves
Part of Speech
masculine noun
KJV Translation Counts
temptation(19x)
temptations(1x)
try(1x)
Related Words
G3985 | πειράζω | tempt, try, tempter, prove, assay, examine, go about