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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πεῖρα
πεῖρα
G3984
Transliteration: peîra
Pronunciation: pi'-rah
Definition: assaying
- Original: πεῖρα - Transliteration: Peira - Phonetic: pi'-rah
- Definition:
1. a trial, experience, attempt
2. to attempt a thing, to make trial of a thing or of a person
3. to have a trial of a thing
4. to experience, learn to know by experience
- Origin: from the base of G4008" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4008 (through the idea of piercing) - TDNT entry: 06:23,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the base of G4008" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4008 (through the idea of piercing); a test that is attempt experience: - assaying trial.