Strong's Greek · G3984
G3984 peîra
πεῖρα
pi'-rah
test
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peîra appears twice in Scripture, in Hebrews 11:29 and Hebrews 11:36. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a test, i.e. attempt, experience
In the King James Version
assaying, trial
Derivation
from the base of G4008 (πέραν) (through the idea of piercing);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.”
“Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
