2001 Translation

PEIRAN, peiran

Sounds Like: PEI-rahn

Translations: trial, a trial, test, a test, attempt, an attempt, experience, an experience

From the root: ΠΕΙΡΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a trial, test, or attempt, often implying an experience or proof of something. It can be used in contexts where someone is put to the test, or when an effort is made to achieve something. It is a feminine noun.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3986 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 8:2
• Hebrews — 11:29

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 25:201, 31:215
• Book Two — 25:201, 31:215

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:300
• Book 2 — 4:49, 5:60, 14:293
• Book 3 — 1:11, 15:315
• Book 4 — 1:1, 8:191
• Book 5 — 1:110, 2:150, 3:184, 9:325
• Book 8 — 6:166, 8:217, 12:300
• Book 10 — 8:142
• Book 12 — 8:339
• Book 13 — 7:120
• Book 15 — 10:367
• Book 16 — 2:48

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 8:22, 8:45, 10:17, 16:8, 20:26
• Book Three — 3:7, 7:87
• Book Seven — 4:19

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 132:2, 137:3

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 25:125, 32:160

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 20:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Deuteronomy — 28:56
• 2 Maccabees — 8:9
• 4 Maccabees — 8:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Hebrews — 11:29, 11:36

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
• ΠΕΙΡΑΙ — trials, tests, attempts, a trial, a test, an attempt, to a trial, to a test, to an attempt
• ΠΕΙΡΑΙΣ — trial, a trial, test, an attempt, experience, an experience
• ΠΕΙΡΑΣ — trial, a trial, test, a test, attempt, an attempt, experience, an experience

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