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Strong's #3986 - πειρασμός
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πειρ-ασμός, ὁ,
trial, LXX De. 4.34, al., 1 Peter 4:12; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν παθῶν π. Dsc. 1 Praef. 5; πειρασμοὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ θαλάσσῃ Cyran. 40.
2. worry, LXX Ecclesiastes 5:2.
II temptation, ib. Si. 44.20, Mark 14:38, etc.
† πειρααμός , -οῦ , ὁ
(< πειράζω ),
1. = πεῖρα , an experiment Diosc.).
2. a trial, of ethical purpose and effect, whether good or evil (v. Hort on James 1:13);
(a) in good or neutral sense: Galatians 4:14, James 1:12, 1 Peter 4:12; esp. of afflictions sent by God (Deuteronomy 7:19, Sirach 21:1-28, al.): 2 Peter 2:9, Revelation 3:10; pl., Luke 22:28, Acts 20:19, James 1:2, 1 Peter 1:6;
(b) of trial regarded as leading to sin, temptation: Luke 8:13, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Timothy 6:9; of the temptation of Jesus by the devil, Luke 4:13; εἰσφέρειν (ἔρχεσθαι , εἰσέρχ -) εἰς Papyri, Matthew 6:13; Matthew 26:41, Mark 14:38, Luke 11:4; Luke 22:40; Luke 22:46;
(c) of the testing or challenge of God by man (see πειράζω , 3, c.) : Hebrews 3:8 (LXX: Psalms 95:9, where κατα τ . ἡμέραν πειρασμοῦ = H4531 the day of Massah).†
SYN.: δοκίμιον G1383.
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";Persuasive speech"; in a somewhat depreciatory sense is evidently the meaning of this word in Colossians 2:4, its only occurrence in the Greek Bible : cf. the legal process, P Lips I. 40iii. 7 (iv/v A.D.), where one of the parties declares with reference to certain things that had been seized—διὰ πειθανολογίας τὰ ἁρπαγέντα ζητοῦσι κατέχειν. The adj. π (ε)ιθανός, which has often a similar connotation, occurs in CP Herm I. 7.20. See also Epict. i 8. 7 ἡ πιθανολογική, ";the art of persuasion.";
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