πειρασμός peirasmos

Greek word for “temptation/testing” · Strong’s G3986 · used 21 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

πειρασμός, -οῦ, ὁ; (πειράζω);

Senses in the lexicon

• temptation/testing: testing (11)
• temptation/testing: temptation (10)

How it is translated

Glosses given for peirasmos in context, with how often each is used:

• temptation 11
• trials 4
• trial 3
• testing 2
• test 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 22 (3), James 1 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 4 (1), Luke 8 (1), Luke 11 (1), Acts 20 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1)

Forms

• πειρασμόν 7
• πειρασμοῦ 4
• πειρασμὸν 4
• πειρασμοῖς 3
• πειρασμῶν 1
• πειρασμὸς 1
• πειρασμῷ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with peirasmos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• προσεύχομαι proseuchomai “to pray” 4
• πρόθυμος prothumos “eager” 2
• εἰσφέρω eispherō “to bring in” 2
• συμβαίνω sumbainō “to happen” 2
• ποικίλος poikilos “various” 2
• ἀφίστημι aphistēmi “to leave” 2
• ῥύομαι rhuomai “to rescue” 2
• σάρξ sarx “flesh” 3
• γρηγορέω grēgoreō “to keep watch” 2
• ἀσθενής asthenēs “weak” 2
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 3
• πειράζω peirazō “to test/tempt” 2

Key verses

The verses using peirasmos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:13 — And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
• Matthew 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Luke 8:13 — They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall…
• Acts 20:19 — Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
• 1 Corinthians 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will…
• 1 Timothy 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• James 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• James 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• 1 Peter 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1 Peter 4:12 — Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
• 2 Peter 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• Revelation 3:10 — Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.