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Name of God’s Son

ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΣ, πειρωμενος

PEIRŌMENOS, peirōmenos

Sounds Like: pei-ROH-meh-nos

Translations: trying, testing, attempting, experiencing, proving, a trying one, a testing one

From the root: ΠΕΙΡΑΩ

Part of Speech: Participle

Explanation: This word is a present middle/passive participle, meaning 'one who is trying/testing' or 'one who is being tried/tested'. It describes an ongoing action of attempting, proving, or experiencing something. It can function as an adjective modifying a noun, or as an adverbial phrase indicating the circumstances or manner of an action.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Present, Middle or Passive

Strong’s number: G3985 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 67:4
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
  • The Life of Flavius Josephus — 14:79

From the same root

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