Strong’s G3984 · Greek

πεῖρα
peîra

Definition

a test, i.e. attempt, experience

Etymology

from the base of G4008 (πέραν) (through the idea of piercing);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • assaying
  • trial

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.