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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79589" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79589" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Δοκιμή''''' ''' (Strong'S #1382 — Noun [[Feminine]] — dokime — dok-ee-may' ) </div> <p> for which see [[Experience]] , No. 2, is rendered "trial" in 2—Corinthians 8:2 , AV (RV, "proof"). </p> <div> '''2: '''''Πεῖρα''''' ''' (Strong'S #3984 — Noun Feminine — peira — pi'-rah ) </div> <p> "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 . </p> <div> '''3: '''''Πειρασμός''''' ''' (Strong'S #3986 — Noun Masculine — peirasmos — pi-ras-mos' ) </div> <p> akin to No. 2, is rendered "trials" in Acts 20:19 , RV. See Temptation. </p> <div> '''4: '''''Πύρωσις''''' ''' (Strong'S #4451 — Noun Feminine — purosis — poo'-ro-sis ) </div> <p> 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. </p> 1—Peter 1:7[[Proof]] | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_187343" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_187343" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37768" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37768" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Judges]] ; | <p> (See [[Judges]] ; [[Council; Law; Pilate]] ) In Acts 19:38, margin, "the court days are now being kept," i.e. the court is now sitting, "and there are deputies." The assembly of citizens then sitting formed the conventus, out of which the "deputy" or proconsul ( '''''Anthupatos''''' ) selected "judices" or assessors ( '''''Anthupatoi''''' ); thus the court consisted of the proconsul and his assessors. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75296" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75296" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63675" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63675" /> == | ||
<p> a term used in [[Scripture]] only in the sense of testing (usually some form of </p> <p> בָּחִן, | <p> a term used in [[Scripture]] only in the sense of testing (usually some form of </p> <p> '''''בָּחִן''''' , '''''Δοκιμή''''' or '''''Δοκίμιον''''' ; but once '''''מִסָּה''''' , Job 9:23, elsewhere "temptation" [q.v. ]; and so '''''Πεῖρα''''' '','' Hebrews 11:36; '''''Πύρωσις''''' , "fiery trial," 1 Peter 4:12, lit. ''Burning,'' as elsewhere rendered), to denote painful circumstances into which persons are brought by divine [[Providence]] with a view to illustrate the perfections of God, bring to light the real character of those who are thus tried, and by the influence of temporal suffering, which shows the transitory nature and uncertain tenure of all earthly advantages, to promote their eternal and spiritual interests. (See [[Tempt]]). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16833" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16833" /> == | ||
