Ekpeirazo means “tempt” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1598 — ganan (“defend”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1598 ἐκπειράζω (ekpeirazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ekpeirazo (ek-pei-rad'-zo) v. 1. to test thoroughly [from G1537 and G3985] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include tempt and tempted. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
ekpeirazo (ek-pei-rad'-zo) v. 1. to test thoroughly [from G1537 and G3985] KJV: tempt Root(s): G1537, G3985
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to test/tempt
Usage: ἐκ-πειράζω [in LXX: Deu.6:16 8:2, 16 Psa.78:18 (נָסָה pi.) * ;] = cl. ἐκπειράομαι, to put to the proof or test, make trial of, tempt: with accusative, of God, Mat.4:7 (LXX), Luk.4:12 (ib.), 1Co.10:9; of Christ, Luk.10:25 (Cremer, 497).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ekpeirazo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G1598 (ἐκπειράζω) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as ye tempted him in the temptation.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thy heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.
who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1598.
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as ye tempted him in the temptation.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thy heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.
who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.
And they tempted God in their hearts, In asking meat for the desire of their souls.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
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Ekpeirazo (Strong's G1598) is a Greek word most simply glossed "tempt". ekpeirazo (ek-pei-rad'-zo) v. 1. to test thoroughly [from G1537 and G3985]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G1598 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1598 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tempt and tempted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G1598, with linked reader references where each row is available.