ἘΚΠΕΙΡΑΣΗ, ἐκπειραση
EKPEIRASĒ, ekpeirasē
Sounds Like: ek-pei-RAH-see
Translations: that he may test, that he may tempt, that he may try
From the root: ΕΚΠΕΙΡΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to test, tempt, or try, often with the implication of putting someone to the proof or challenging their limits. It can refer to testing someone's loyalty, patience, or faith, or to tempting someone to do wrong. When used in a religious context, it often refers to testing God, which is generally forbidden, or to God testing humans.
Inflection: Aorist, Subjunctive, Active, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1598 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΚΠΕΙΡΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΠΕΙΡΑΖΩΜΕΝ — we should test, we should tempt, we should put to the test
- ἘΚΠΕΙΡΑΣΕΙΣ — you will test, you shall test, you will tempt, you shall tempt
- ἘΚΠΕΙΡΑΣΘΕΙΣ — having been tempted, having been tested, having been tried
- ἘΞΕΠΕΙΡΑΣΑΝ — they tested, they tried, they tempted
- ΕΚΠΕΙΡΑΖΟΝΤΕΣ — tempting, testing, trying, putting to the test
- ΕΚΠΕΙΡΑΖΩ — to test, to tempt, to put to the test, to try, to challenge
- ΕΚΠΙΡΑΖΩ — to test, to tempt, to try, to put to the test, to challenge
- ΕΚΠΙΡΑΖΩΜΕΝ — we may tempt, let us tempt, we should tempt, we may test, let us test, we should test
- ΕΚΠΙΡΑΣΕΙΣ — you tempt, you test, you put to the test
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