Try, Tried - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Try, Tried

[ 1,,G1381, dokimazo ]
is rendered to try" in the AV in 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 John 4:1, See PROVE, No. 1.

[ 2,,G3985, peirazo ]
is rendered "to try" in Hebrews 11:17; Revelation 2:2, Revelation 2:10; Revelation 3:10. In Acts 16:7 it is rendered "assayed;" in Acts 24:6, RV, "assayed" (AV, "hath gone about"): See GO, Note
(2)
(b). See EXAMINE, PROVE, TEMPT. Cp. peirao in Acts 26:21, RV, "assayed" (AV, "went about"); See GO, Note
(2)
(c).

Notes:

(1) In Revelation 3:18, AV, puroo, in the Passive Voice, "to be purified by fire" (RV, "refined"), is rendered "tried."

(2) For dokimion, James 1:3, AV, "trying," See PROOF.

(3) For dokimos, James 1:12, AV, "tried," See APPROVED.

(4) In 1 Peter 4:12, AV, the phrase pros peirasmon, lit., "for trial," i.e., "for testing," is rendered "to try (you)," RV, "to prove (you)."

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