πειρασμός

peirasmov" peirasmov",
peirasmou',
oJ (
peiravzw, which see), the Septuagint for hS;m', an experiment, attempt, trial, proving; (Vulgate tentatio); a. universally, trial, proving: ,;
tovn
peirasmovn
uJmw'n
ejn
th'/
sarkiv
mou, the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since this condition served to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul, L T Tr WH (cf. b. below, and Lightfoot at the passage). b. specifically, the trial of man's fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy, etc.: ; also an enticement to sin, temptation, whether arising from the desires or from outward circumstances, ; ;
uJpomevnein
peirasmovn, ; an internal temptation to sin, ; of the temptation by which the devil sought to divert Jesus the Messiah from his divine errand, ; of a condition of things, or a mental state, by which we are enticed to sin, or to a lapse from faith and holiness: in the phrases
eijsfevrein
tina
eij"
peirasmovn, ; ;
ejisevrcesqai
eij"
peirasmovn, ; (here T WH
e[lqhte); ,; adversity, affliction, trouble (cf. our trial), sent by God and serving to test or prove one's faith, holiness, character: plural, ; ; ; ;
tovn
peirasmovn
mou
tovn
ejn
th'/
sarkiv
mou, my temptation arising from my bodily infirmity, Rec. (but see a. above);
w{ra
tou'
peirasmou', ;
ejk
peirasmou'
rJuvesqai, (; ; ; ; (); ). c. `temptation' (i. e. trial) of God by men, i. e. rebellion against God, by which his power and justice are, as It were, put to the proof and challenged to show themselves: (; ; ()). Cf. Fried. B. Koester, Die Biblical Lehre yon der Versuchung. Gotha, 1859. (The word has not yet been found in secular authors except Dioscorides (100 A. D.?) praef. i.
touv"
ejpiv
paqw'n
peirasmouv" experiments made on diseases.)*