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Try, Tried

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: δοκιμάζω

(Strong's #1381 — Verb — dokimazo — dok-im-ad'-zo )

is rendered "to try" in the AV in 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 John 4:1 : see PROVE , No. 1.

2: πειράζω

(Strong's #3985 — Verb — peirazo — pi-rad'-zo )

is rendered "to try" in Hebrews 11:17; Revelation 2:2,10; 3:10 . In Acts 16:7 it is rendered "assayed;" in Acts 24:6 , RV, "assayed" (AV, "hath gone about"): see GO , Note (2) (b). See EXAMINE , PROVE , TEMPT. Cp. peirao in Acts 26:21 , RV, "assayed" (AV, "went about"); see GO , Note (2) (c).

Notes: (1) In Revelation 3:18 , AV, puroo, in the Passive Voice, "to be purified by fire" (RV, "refined"), is rendered "tried." (2) For dokimion, James 1:3 , AV, "trying," see PROOF. (3) For dokimos, James 1:12 , AV, "tried," see APPROVED. (4) In 1 Peter 4:12 , AV, the phrase pros peirasmon, lit., "for trial," i.e., "for testing," is rendered "to try (you)," RV, "to prove (you)."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Try, Tried'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​t/try-tried.html. 1940.