ΑΠΟΠΕΙΡΑΟΜΑΙ, αποπειραομαι
APOPEIRAOMAI, apopeiraomai
Sounds Like: ah-po-pei-RAH-oh-mai
Translations: to tempt, to test, to try
From the root: ΑΠΟΠΕΙΡΑΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'APO' (away from, from) and 'PEIRAO' (to try, to make trial of). It means to make a trial of someone or something, often with the intent to discover their character, ability, or loyalty, or to find fault. It implies putting someone to the test, sometimes with a negative connotation of tempting or trying to entrap.
Inflection: First person singular, Present, Middle/Passive, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0003 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΟΠΕΙΡΑΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΤΟ — he tried, he attempted, he tested, he made trial of
- ἈΠΟΠΕΙΡΑΘΕΙΣΤΩΝ — having been tested, having been tried, having been tempted, of those who have been tested, of those who have been tried, of those who have been tempted
- ἈΠΟΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — testing, trying, attempting, putting to the test, making trial of
- ΑΠΟΠΕΙΡΑΘΗΝΑΙ — to attempt, to try, to make trial of, to tempt
- ΑΠΟΠΙΡΑΤΑΙ — he attempts, he tries, he makes trial of, he tests, he tempts, he makes an attempt, he makes an experiment
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