ΠΕΙΡΑΙ, πειραι
PEIRAI, peirai
Sounds Like: PEI-rai
Translations: trials, tests, attempts, a trial, a test, an attempt, to a trial, to a test, to an attempt
From the root: ΠΕΙΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a trial, test, or attempt. It can denote an experience that puts one's character or faith to the test, or simply an effort to do something. It is often used in contexts of proving or examining something or someone.
Inflection: Nominative Plural, Vocative Plural, or Dative Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3986 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΙΡΑ.
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.
- ΠΕΙΡΑ — trial, a trial, test, a test, attempt, an attempt, experience, an experience
- ΠΕΙΡΑΙΣ — trial, a trial, test, an attempt, experience, an experience
- ΠΕΙΡΑΝ — trial, a trial, test, a test, attempt, an attempt, experience, an experience
- ΠΕΙΡΑΣ — trial, a trial, test, a test, attempt, an attempt, experience, an experience
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