Word study · Greek

peirasmos

testing, temptation

Say it: pay-ras-MOS (approximate)

πειρασμός

What it means

A temptation, a test. "Fall into a temptation, a snare" (6:9).

Range of meaning

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

In 1 Timothy

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