UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to test, to examine, to put to the test, examination, testing

Semantic entry: 27.46

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Try To Learn

Definition: to try to learn the nature or character of someone or something by submitting such to thorough and extensive testing

Notes: It is also possible to understand πειράζω and ἐκπειράζω in RV MAT 16:1 · LV MAT 16:1 · Read together MAT 16:1 and RV LUK 10:25 · LV LUK 10:25 · Read together LUK 10:25 as meaning ‘to try to trap’ (see 27.31: ἐκπειράζω / 27.31: πειράζω). See also 88.308: ἐκπειράζω / 88.308: πειράζω / 88.308: πειρασμός.

LUK 10:25: RV LUK 10:25 · LV LUK 10:25 · Read together LUK 10:25

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OET-RV LUK 10:25

25 Then look, a lawyer stood up to test him, asking, “Teacher, what do I need to do to inherit eternal life?”

OET-LV LUK 10:25

25 And see, a_ certain _lawyer stood _up, testing him saying:
Teacher, having _done what, ˓will˒_I _be _inheriting life eternal?

LUK 4:12: RV LUK 4:12 · LV LUK 4:12 · Read together LUK 4:12

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OET-RV LUK 4:12

12 “It’s been written,” Yeshua responded, “that we shouldn’t test Yahweh our God.”

OET-LV LUK 4:12

12 And answering the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to _him, that It _has _been _said:
You_˓will˒_ not _be _testing the_master the god of _you.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 10:25 · RV LUK 4:12 · LV LUK 10:25 · LV LUK 4:12 · Read together LUK 10:25 · Read together LUK 4:12

CO1: RV CO1 10:9 · LV CO1 10:9 · Read together CO1 10:9

Sense 2: to try to trap, to attempt to catch in a mistake

Semantic entry: 27.31

Semantic domains: Learn

Subdomains: Learn Something Against Someone

Definition: to obtain information to be used against a person by trying to cause someone to make a mistake

Notes: It is also possible to understand πειράζω and ἐκπειράζω in RV MAT 16:1 · LV MAT 16:1 · Read together MAT 16:1 and RV LUK 10:25 · LV LUK 10:25 · Read together LUK 10:25 as ‘the process of testing or examining’ (see 27.46: ἐκπειράζω / 27.46: πειράζω / 27.46: πειρασμός). See also 88.308: ἐκπειράζω / 88.308: πειράζω / 88.308: πειρασμός.

LUK 10:25: RV LUK 10:25 · LV LUK 10:25 · Read together LUK 10:25

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OET-RV LUK 10:25

25 Then look, a lawyer stood up to test him, asking, “Teacher, what do I need to do to inherit eternal life?”

OET-LV LUK 10:25

25 And see, a_ certain _lawyer stood _up, testing him saying:
Teacher, having _done what, ˓will˒_I _be _inheriting life eternal?

Sense 3: to tempt, to trap, to lead into temptation, temptation

Semantic entry: 88.308

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt

Definition: to endeavor or attempt to cause someone to sin

Notes: It is also possible to understand ἐκπειράζω in RV LUK 10:25 · LV LUK 10:25 · Read together LUK 10:25 as merely a process of testing (see 27.46: ἐκπειράζω / 27.46: πειράζω / 27.46: πειρασμός) or of trying to trap (see 27.31: ἐκπειράζω / 27.31: πειράζω).

MAT 4:7: RV MAT 4:7 · LV MAT 4:7 · Read together MAT 4:7

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OET-RV MAT 4:7

7 “Yes, but it’s also written,” Yeshua answered, “that you shouldn’t test your God Yahweh.”

OET-LV MAT 4:7

7 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) was _saying to _him:
In_contrast it _has _been _written:
You_˓will˒_ not _be _Testing the_master the god of _you.

LUK 10:25: RV LUK 10:25 · LV LUK 10:25 · Read together LUK 10:25

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OET-RV LUK 10:25

25 Then look, a lawyer stood up to test him, asking, “Teacher, what do I need to do to inherit eternal life?”

OET-LV LUK 10:25

25 And see, a_ certain _lawyer stood _up, testing him saying:
Teacher, having _done what, ˓will˒_I _be _inheriting life eternal?

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐκπειράζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to test, to examine, to put to the test, examination, testing

Sense 2: to try to trap, to attempt to catch in a mistake

Sense 3: to tempt, to trap, to lead into temptation, temptation