Senses
1. trial, test of character — A trial, testing, or proving experience that puts one's faith, endurance, or character to the test. This sense encompasses both singular and plural forms used across the NT for adversities understood as tests from God or permitted by God for spiritual growth. Includes the Lord's Prayer petition 'lead us not into temptation/testing' (Matt 6:13; Luke 11:4), Gethsemane warnings to the disciples (Matt 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46), the trials of the apostles in Acts 20:19, James 1:2 and 1:12 (blessed is the one who endures trial), 1 Peter 1:6 (various trials), 1 Peter 4:12 (fiery trial), 2 Peter 2:9 (rescue from trial), and Revelation 3:10 (hour of testing). The multilingual glosses show remarkable consistency: Hebrew nisayon, Arabic tajriba, Spanish prueba/tentacion, Korean siheom. Distinguished from pure 'temptation to sin' by the neutral or positive valence of testing that refines faith. 21×
AR["اختِبارٍ","التَّجرِبَةَ","التَّجْرِبَةِ","تَجارِبَ","تَجارِبِ","تَجرِبَةٍ","تَجرِبَةِ","تَجرِبَتَكُم","تَجَارِبَ","تَجْرِبَةٍ"]·ben["পরীক্ষা","পরীক্ষাকে","পরীক্ষাগুলিতে","পরীক্ষায়","পরীক্ষার","পরীক্ষার,","প্রলোভনে","প্রলোভনে,"]·DE["Versuchung"]·EN["of-testing","temptation","testing","trial","trials"]·FR["tentation"]·heb["מַסָּה","נִסְיוֹנוֹת","נִסָּיוֹן"]·HI["परीक्षा","परीक्षा-के","परीक्षा-में","परीक्षा-से","परीक्षाओं","परीक्षाओं-में","परेएकश"]·ID["pencobaan","pencobaan-pencobaan","pencobaan;"]·IT["tentazione"]·jav["coba,","cobaan","cobaan,","cobaan;","godha","ing-cobaan","pacoban","pacoban,","pacoban.","panggodha","panggodhaan,","panyoban"]·KO["시험","시험,","시험-을","시험-의","시험들","시험들-에","시험들과","시험들에","시험에","시험으로","시험을","시험을;","시험의"]·PT["de-tentação","em-provações","provação","provações,","tentação","tentação,"]·RU["в-искушения","искушение","искушение,","искушение;","искушением,","искушения","искушениями,","искушениях","испытание","испытания","испытаниях,"]·ES["de-prueba","en-prueba","en-pruebas","prueba","pruebas","tentación"]·SW["jaribu","jaribu,","kujaribiwa","majaribu","wa-majaribu"]·TR["denemeden","denemelere","denemelerimde","denemelerle","denemenin","denemenizi","denemeye","denemeyi","o-","sınamaya","sınanmanız"]·urd["آزمائش","آزمائش-","آزمائش-سے","آزمائش-میں","آزمائش-کی","آزمائش-کے","آزمائش؛","آزمائشوں","آزمائشوں،"]
Matt 6:13, Matt 26:41, Mark 14:38, Luke 4:13, Luke 8:13, Luke 11:4, Luke 22:28, Luke 22:40, Luke 22:46, Acts 20:19, 1 Cor 10:13, 1 Cor 10:13 (+9 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πειρ-ασμός, ὁ, trial, LXX+NT; οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν παθῶν π. Refs 1st c.AD+ __2 worry, LXX __II temptation,LXX+NT