Dictionary entry

πεῖρα

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

πεῖρα, -ας, ἡ

(< πειράω), [in LXX: De 28:56 (π. λαμβάνειν, נסה pi.) 33:8 (מַסָּה), Wi 18:20, 25, II Mac 8:9, IV Mac 8:1*;]

a trial, experiment; π. λαμβάνειν, to make trial, have experience of: He 11:29, 36 (for exx., v. Field, Notes, 232 f.).†