Meaning
akin to A, above, is used of (1) "trials" with a beneficial purpose and effect, (a) of "trials" or "temptations," Divinely permitted or sent, Luk 22:28, Act 20:19, Jam 1:2, 1Pe 1:6, 1Pe 4:12, RV, "to prove," AV, "to try;" 2Pe 2:9 (singular); Rev 3:10, RV, "trial" (AV, "temptation"); in Jam 1:12, "temptation" apparently has meanings (1) and (2) combined (see below), and is used in the widest sense; (b) with a good or neutral significance, Gal 4:14, of Paul's physical infirmity, "a temptation" to the Galatian converts, of such a kind as to arouse feelings of natural repugnance; (c) of "trials" of a varied character, Mat 6:13, Luk 11:4, where believers are commanded to pray not to be led into such by forces beyond their own control; Mat 26:41, Mar 14:38, Luk 22:40, Luk 22:46, where they are commanded to watch and pray against entering into "temptations" by their own carelessness or disobedience; in all such cases God provides "the way of escape," 1Co 10:13 (where peirasmos occurs twice). (2) Of "trial" definitely designed to lead to wrong doing, "temptation," Luk 4:13, Luk 8:13, 1Ti 6:9; (3) of "trying" or challenging God, by men, Heb 3:8.
