Trial - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Trial

[ 1,,G1382, dokime ]
for which See EXPERIENCE, No. 2, is rendered trial" in 2 Corinthians 8:2, AV (RV, "proof").

[ 2,,G3984, peira ]
"a making trial, an experiment," is used with lambano, "to receive or take," in Hebrews 11:29, rendered "assaying," and Hebrews 11:36, in the sense of "having experience of" (akin to peirao, "to assay, to try"), "had trial." In the Sept., Deuteronomy 28:56.

[ 3,,G3986, peirasmos ]
akin to No. 2, is rendered "trials" in Acts 20:19, RV. See TEMPTATION.

[ 4,,G4451, purosis ]
akin to puroo, "to set on fire," signifies
(a) "a burning;"
(b) "a refining," metaphorically in 1 Peter 4:12, "fiery trial," or rather "trial by fire," referring to the refining of gold (1 Peter 1:7). See BURNING.

Note: For dokimion, rendered "trial" in 1 Peter 1:7, AV, See PROOF, No. 2.

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