πεῖρα
peîra
“a test, i.e. attempt, experience”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
a test, i.e. attempt, experience
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a trial, attempt, endeavor; λαμβάνειν πεῖραν, to attempt, Heb. 11:29; also, to experience, Heb. 11:36*
Translated in KJV as
assayingtrial
Etymology
from the base of G4008 (πέραν) (through the idea of piercing);
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“By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.”