Strong's Greek · G3984

πεῖρα

peîra

assaying, trial

Definition

a test, i.e. attempt, experience

Derivation

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

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Hebrews 11:29

By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Hebrews 11:36

Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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