Word study · Greek
peirasmos
testing, temptation
Say it: pay-ras-MOS (approximate)
πειρασμός
What it means
A test or trial, which can be meant to prove someone or to lead them to fail. "Bring us not into temptation" (11:4) asks not to be put to a test that is too much. The same word is used for Jesus' testing in the wilderness (4:13) and the disciples' trial in Gethsemane (22:40, 22:46).
Range of meaning
- TestA trial of character.
- TemptationAn enticement to sin.
In Luke
- Chapter 11
"Bring us not into temptation" (11:4).
- Chapter 22
"Pray that you may not enter into temptation" (22:40, 22:46), and "my trials" (22:28).
Every verse (6)
Verses where G3986G or G3986H is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources