ΠΕΙΡΑΤΑΙ, πειραται
PEIRATAI, peiratai
Sounds Like: pei-RAH-tai
Translations: he tries, he attempts, he tests, he makes trial of, pirates, a pirate
From the root: ΠΕΙΡΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This word can function as a verb or a noun. As a verb, it is the third person singular present middle/passive indicative form of 'peiraō', meaning 'he/she/it tries, attempts, or tests'. It describes an action of making an effort or putting something to the test. As a noun, it is the nominative or vocative plural of 'peiratēs', meaning 'pirates'. It refers to individuals who engage in piracy.
Inflection: Verb: Singular, 3rd Person, Present, Middle or Passive, Indicative; Noun: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s numbers: G3985 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3989 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 7:14
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 20:144
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 11:227
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΙΡΑΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΠΕΙΡΩΝΤΟ — they were attempting, they were trying, they were testing, they were making trial of
- ἈΠΟΠΕΙΡΑΘΗΝΑΙ — to try, to attempt, to test, to make trial of, to put to the test
- ἘΠΕΙΡΩ — to attempt, to try, to test, to make trial of, to experience
- ἘΠΕΙΡΩΝΕΥΕΣΘΩ — let him be tested, let him be tried, let him be tempted
- ΕΠΕΙΡΑΤΟ — he tried, he attempted, he tested, he assayed, he made trial of
- ΕΠΕΙΡΑΩ — to attempt, to try, to test, to tempt, to make trial of
- ΠΕΙΡΑΘΕΙΗ — might be tried, might be tested, might be tempted, might be attempted
- ΠΕΙΡΑΘΗΝΑΙ — to try, to test, to attempt, to make trial of, to experience, to put to the test
- ΠΕΙΡΑΣΘΑΙ — to try, to test, to attempt, to experience, to prove, to make trial of
- ΠΕΙΡΑΩ — to try, to attempt, to test, to make trial of, to prove, to examine
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΘΑ — we try, we attempt, we endeavor, we make an effort
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΙ — trying, attempting, testing, making trial of, experiencing
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those who are trying, (to) those who are attempting, (to) those who are testing, (to) those who are experiencing
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΝ — trying, attempting, testing, putting to the test, proving, examining
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΣ — trying, testing, attempting, experiencing, proving, a trying one, a testing one
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΥ — of trying, of attempting, of testing, of proving, of examining, of making trial of, of tempting
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — those who are trying, those who are attempting, those who are testing, those who are tempting, those who are experiencing
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΩ — (to) one trying, (to) one attempting, (to) one testing, (to) one proving, (to) one making trial of
- ΠΕΙΡΩΜΕΝΩΝ — (of) those attempting, (of) those trying, (of) those endeavoring
- ΠΕΙΡΩΝΤΑΙ — they try, they attempt, they test, they tempt
- ΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΜΑΙ — I have tried, I have attempted, I have tested, I have experienced
- ΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΜΕΝΟΙ — tried, experienced, tested, proven, tried ones, experienced ones, proven ones
- ΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΜΕΝΟΣ — tested, tried, experienced, a tested one, an experienced one
- ΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having been tested, having been tried, experienced, proven
- ΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΜΕΝΩ — to have been tested, to have been tried, to have been experienced
- ΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who have been tested, of those who have been tried, of those who have been experienced
- ΠΕΡΙΕΠΕΙΡΑΝ — pierced through, pierced, impaled, afflicted, tormented
- ΠΡΟΠΕΠΕΙΡΑΜΕΝΟΙΣ — previously tested, previously tried, previously experienced, those previously tested, those previously tried, those previously experienced
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