(seul. prés., impf. et ao. ἐπείρασα [ρᾰ]) essayer, tenter, càd. :
      1 faire l’épreuve ou l’expérience de, avec un gén. de pers. OD. 16, 319 ; 23, 114, ou de chose, A.RH. 1, 495 ; abs. OD. 9, 281 ; avec un acc. de chose, LUC. Am. 26, etc. ; avec l’inf. NT. Ap. 16, 7, etc. ;
      2 en mauv. part : tenter, chercher à séduire ou à corrompre, acc. A.RH. 3, 10 ; NT. Ap. 15, 10, etc. ; ὁ πειράζων, NT. 1Thess. 3, 5, le tentateur, le mauvais esprit ; au pass. être tenté, NT. Matth. 4, 1 ;
      3 éprouver, en parl. d’une maladie, d’où au pass. πειράζεσθαι, A. APHR. Probl. 2, 54, etc. être éprouvé par une maladie.

Étym. πεῖρα.

(< πεῖρα) used by early authors only in pres. and impf., the other tenses being supplied by πειράω, πειράομαι ; Cret. fut. πειράξω GDI 5181 ; aor.1 imper. πείρασον AP 11.183 (Lucill.); aor. Pass. ἐπειράσθην LXX Wi. 11.9, Ev. Matt. 4.1 ; pf. part. πεπειρασμένος Ep. Hebr. 4.15 :
make proof or trial of, c. gen., Od. 16.319.23.114 ; abs., 9.281. c. inf., attempt to do, Plb. 2.6.9, LXX Jd. 6.39, Act. Ap. 16.7, 24.6 ; π. τι attempt a thing, ἄλλος ἄλλην ἐπ’ ἐμὲ πειράζει τέχνην Luc. Trag. 149, cf. S.E. M. 1.40 ; τόδε τόξον make trial of, Anacreont. 31.24 ; abs., make an attempt, Plb. Fr. 195. Pass., ἤθη… ἐν χρόνῳ πειράζεται are tried, proved, Men. Mon. 573 ; to be experienced, Phld. Sign. 32. c. acc. pers., try, tempt a person, put him to the test, LXX Ge. 22.1, al. ; ἑαυτοὺς πειράζετε, εἰ… 2 Ep. Cor. 13.5, al. ; τί πειράζετε τὸν Κύριον ; LXX Ex. 17.2, cf. Act. Ap. 15.10, 1 Ep. Cor. 10.9, al. in bad sense, seek to seduce, tempt, Ἀθηναίην A.R. 3.10 ; abs., ὁ πειράζων the Tempter, 1 Ep. Thess. 3.5, etc. ; — Pass., to be sorely tried, πειραζομένη βασανίζομαι PLit. Lond. 52.5 ; στομακάκκῃ Str. 16.4.24 ; to be attacked, ὑποχύσει Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.54 ; ἐπιληψίᾳ Cyran. 47 ; to be tempted to sin, Ev. Matt. 4.1, al.

= πειράω, einen Versuch anstellen mit Einem, τινός ; Od. 16.319, 23.114 ; sp.D., ἀοιδῆς, Ap.Rh. 1.495 ; ohne Casus, auf die Probe stellen, versuchen, Od. 9.281 ; τινά, Ap.Rh. 3.10 ; in sp. Prosa, wie NT oft, ὁ πειράζων = διάβολος, Matth. 4.3, πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου, ib. 1 ; zu verführen suchen, übh. Einem Ungebührliches zumuten, im pass., Plut. Lac. apophth. p. 229.

πειράζω poët. and late prose form of πειράω, which see,
[in LXX for נָסָה pi. ;]
__1. to make proof of (Hom.).
__2. to try, attempt (Luc., Polyb., with inf. (see M, Pr., 205; B1., § 69, 4), Act.9:26 16:7 24:6.
__3. In LXX and NT, like Heb. נָסָה, with accusative of person(s), to test, try, prove;
__(a) in a good sense : Jhn.6:6, 2Co.13:5, Heb.11:17, Rev.2:2; esp. of trials and af6ictions sent or permitted by God (Gen.22:1, Exo.20:20, Wis.3:5, al.), 1Co.10:13, Heb.2:18 4:15 11:17, 37, Rev.3:10;
__(b) in a bad sense (Apoll. Rhod., 3, 10): of the attempts made to ensnare Jesus in his speech, Mat.16:1 19:3 22:18, 35 Mrk.8:11 10:2 12:15, Luk.11:16, Jhn.8:6; of temptation to sin, to tempt, Jas.1:13-14 (see Hort, in l), Gal.6:1, Rev.2:10; esp. of temptations of the devil, Mat.4:1, 3 Mrk.1:13, Luk.4:2, 1Co.7:5, 1Th.3:5; ὁ πειράζων, the tempter, Mat.4:3, 1Th.3:5;
__(with) in bad sense also (Exo.17:2, 7, Num.14:22, al.), of distrustful testing, trying or challenging of God: Act.15:10, 1Co.10:9 (WH, mg., ἐξεπείρασαν), Heb.3:9; τ. πνεῦμα Κυρίου, Act.5:9 (of. ἐκ-πειράζω).†
SYN.: δοκιμάζω, q.v (AS)