Word study · Greek

peirasmos

testing, temptation

Say it: pay-ras-MOS (approximate)

πειρασμός

What it means

A test or temptation. In 10:13, "no temptation has taken you but what is common to man; God is faithful, and will provide the way of escape."

Range of meaning

  • TestA trial of character.
  • TemptationAn enticement to sin.

In 1 Corinthians

  • Chapter 10

    "No temptation has taken you but such as man can bear" (10:13).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3986G or G3986H is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources