Strong’s G3987 · Greek
πειράω
peiráō · pi-rah'-o
Origin from πεῖρα (G3984);
Meaning to test (subjectively), i.e. (reflexively) to attempt
In the King James Version assay.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 9:26And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
- Acts 26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.