πειράζω

English (LSJ)

(πεῖρα) used by early authors only in pres. and impf., the other tenses being supplied by πειράω, -άομαι : Cret. fut.

   A πειράξω GDI5181 : aor. 1 imper. πείρᾰσον AP11.183 (Lucill.): aor. Pass. ἐπειράσθην LXXWi. 11.9, Ev.Matt.4.1 : pf. part. πεπειρασμένος Ep.Hebr. 4.15 :—make proof or trial of, c. gen., Od. 16.319.23.114 : abs., 9.281.    2 c. inf., attempt to do, Plb. 2.6.9, LXX Jd.6.39, Act.Ap. 16.7, 24.6 ; π. τι attempt a thing, ἄλλος ἄλλην ἐπ' ἐμὲ πειράζει τέχνην Luc. Trag. 149, cf. S.E. M. 1.40 ; τόδε τόξον make trial of, Anacreont. 31.24 : abs., make an attempt, Plb. Fr. 195.    3 Pass., ἤθη . . ἐν χρόνῳ πειράζεται are tried, proved, Men. Mon. 573 ; to be experienced, Phld. Sign. 32.    II c. acc. pers., try, tempt a person, put him to the test, LXX Ge.22.1, al. ; ἑαυτοὺς πειράζετε, εἰ . . 2 Ep.Cor.13.5, al.; τί πειράζετε τὸν Κύριον ; LXX Ex. 17.2, cf. Act.Ap. 15.10, 1 Ep.Cor. 10.9, al.    2 in bad sense, seek to seduce, tempt, Ἀθηναίην A.R. 3.10 : abs., ὁ πειράζων the Tempter, 1 Ep.Thess. 3.5, etc. :—Pass., to be sorely tried, πειραζομένη βασανίζομαι PLit.Lond. 52.5 ; στομακάκκῃ Str. 16.4.24 ; to be attacked, ὑποχύσει Alex.Aphr. Pr.2.54 ; ἐπιληψίᾳ Cyran.47 ; to be tempted to sin, Ev.Matt. 4.1, al.

German (Pape)

[Seite 545] = πειράω, einen Versuch anstellen mit Einem, τινός; Od. 16, 319. 23, 114; sp. D., ἀοιδῆς, Ap. Rh. 1, 495; ohne Casus, auf die Probe stellen, versuchen, Od. 9, 281; τινά, Ap. Rh. 3, 10; in sp. Prosa, wie N. T oft, ὁ πειράζων = διάβολος, Matth. 4, 3, πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου, ib. 1; auch = zu verführen suchen, übh. Einem Ungebührliches zumuthen, im pass., Plut. Lac. apophth. p. 229.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πειράζω: ἐν χρήσει παρὰ τοῖς δοκίμοις μόνον κατ’ ἐνεστ. καὶ παρατ., τῶν λοιπῶν χρόνων παραλαμβανομένων ἐκ τοῦ πειράω, -άομαι, ἀλλά, ἐπειράσθην, πεπείρασμαι ἀπαντῶσι παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδ. καὶ ἐν τῇ Καιν. Διαθ., τὸ δὲ δεύτερον ἅπαξ παρ’ Ἀριστοφ., ἴδε κατωτ. Ἐξετάζω ἢ δοκιμάζω τι, τινὸς Ὀδ. Π. 319, Ψ. 114· καὶ ἀπολ., Ι. 281. 2) μετ’ ἀπαρ. = πειράομαι, ἐπιχειρῶ νὰ πράξω τι, Πράξεις Ἀποστ. ιϚ΄, κδ΄, 6· οὕτω, π. τινι, ἐπιχειρῶ τι, Λουκ. Ἔρωτ. 26, 36, κ. ἀλλ.· ἀπολ, κάμνω ἀπόπειραν, Πολυβ. Ἱστ. Ἀποσπ. 60. 3) Παθ., ἤθη ... ἐν χρόνῳ πειράζεται, δοκιμάζονται, κρίνονται, Μενάνδρ. Μονόστ. 573· πεπειράσθω, ἂς γείνῃ δοκιμή, Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 1129 ΙΙ. μετ’ αἰτ. προσώπ., δοκιμάζω ἢ ἐξετάζω τινά, ὑποβάλλω αὐτὸν εἰς ἐξέτασιν, Β΄ Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Κορινθ. ιγ΄ , 5, κτλ.· τί πειράζετε τὸν θεόν; Πράξ. Ἀποστ. ιε΄, 10, πρβλ. Α΄ Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Κορινθ. ι΄, 9, κ. ἀλλ. 2) ἐπὶ κακῆς σημασίας, ζητῶ νὰ ἀποπλανήσω, «πειράζω», φέρω εἰς πειρασμόν, Ἀθηναίην Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Γ. 10· ἀπολ., ὁ πειράζων, ὁ πειρασμός, ὁ διάβολος, Α΄ Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Θεσσ. γ΄ , 5, κτλ. - Παθ., ταλαιπωροῦμαι, βασανίζομαι, ἤδη στομακάκκῃ τε καὶ σκελοτύρβῃ πειραζομένης τῆς στρατιᾶς Στράβ. 781· ὑφίσταμαι πειρασμόν, δοκιμασίαν, πειράζομαι, δοκιμάζομαι, πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. δ΄ , 1, κ. ἀλλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

seul. prés., impf. et ao. ἐπείρασα;
essayer, tenter, faire l’épreuve ou l’expérience de, gén. de pers. ou acc. de chose.
Étymologie: πεῖρα.

English (Autenrieth)

(πειράω): make trial of, test; τινός, Od. 16.319.

English (Strong)

from πεῖρα; to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline: assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.

English (Thayer)

(a form found several times in Homer and Apoll. Rhod. and later prose, for πειράω (which see in Veitch) more common in the other Greek writings); imperfect ἐπείραζον; 1st aorist ἐπείρασα; passive, present πειράζομαι; 1st aorist ἐπειρασθην; perfect participle πεπειρασμενος (πειράω, 1); 1st aorist middle 2nd person singular ἐπειράσω ( ); the Sept. for נִסָּה; to try, i. e.:
1. to try whether a thing can be done; to attempt, endeavor: with an infinitive, L T Tr WH; to try, make trial of, test: τινα, for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself;
a. in a good sense: G T WH Tr text omit; Tr marginal reading brackets the words τί με πειράζετε); to solicit to sin, to tempt: ὁ πειράζων, a substantive, Vulg. tentator, etc., the tempter: α. of God; to inflict evils upon one in order to prove his character and the steadfastness of his faith: πειράω); WH's Appendix); β. Men are said πειράζειν τόν Θεόν — by exhibitions of distrust, as though they wished to try whether he is not justly distrusted; by impious or wicked conduct to test God's justice and patience, and to challenge him, as it were, to give proof of his perfections: R G (τόν Χριστόν (L T Tr text WH τόν κύριον), L marginal reading T WH marginal reading ἐξεπείρασαν); τό κυρίου, πειράζειν ἐν δοιμασια (see δοκιμασία), L T Tr WH. (On πειράζω (as compared with δοκιμάζω), see Trench, § lxxiv.; cf. Cremer, under the word. Compare: ἐξπειράζω.)