πεῖρα, πειρας, ἡ (πειράω), from Aeschylus down, a trial, experiment, attempt: πεῖραν λαμβάνειν τίνος, equivalent to to attempt a thing, to make trial of a thing or a person (a phrase common in secular authors; cf. Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 18; Cyril 3, 3, 38; see other examples in Sturz, Lex. Xenoph. iii., p. 488; Plato, Protag., p. 342 a.; Gorgias, p. 448 a.; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 5; Aelian v. h. 12, 22; often in Polybius, cf. Schweighäuser, Lex. Polybius, p. 460; the Sept. Deu_28:56; (other examples in Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii., p. 146)), θαλάσσης, to try whether the sea can be crossed dry-shod like the land, Heb_11:29; to have trial of a thing, i. e. to experience, learn to know by experience, μαστίγων, Heb_11:36 (often in Polybius; τῆς προνοίας, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 1).

πεῖρα peira 2x a trial, attempt, endeavor; λαμβάνειν πεῖραν , to attempt, Heb_11:29 ; also, to experience, Heb_11:36

πεῖρα , -ας , ἡ ( < πειράω ), [in LXX : Deu_28:56 (Papyri λαμβάνειν , H5254 pi .) Deu_33:8 ( H4531 ), Wis_18:20 ; Wis_18:25 , 2Ma_8:9 , 4Ma_8:1 * ;] trial, experiment; Papyri λαμβάνειν , to make trial, have experience of: Heb_11:29 ; Heb_11:36 (for exx ., v. Field, Notes , 232 f .).†

πεῖρα [page 501] The phrase πεῖραν λαμβάνειν , make trial, have experience of in Heb_11:29 ; Heb_11:36 , is fully illustrated from late Greek writers by Field Notes , p. 232 f. We may add a few exx. from the Κοινή P Par 63 .129 (B.C. 164) ( = P Petr III. p. 28) εἰ . . . μὴ βούλεσθε πεῖραν λαμβάνειν τῶν . . ἐπιτ̣ι̣μ̣ων̣, if you do not wish to experience the penalties (Mahaffy), P Oxy XIV. 1681 .10 (iii/A.D.) ἀπὸ μέρους πεῖραν λαβόντα̣ς̤ τῆς ἡμετέρας γνώμης , because you have had a partial proof of my sentiments (Edd.), and P Cairo Preis 2 .11 (A.D. 362), where a man complains that after he had enjoyed three years of married life his mother-in-law had made sport of him (συνέπεξέν με ), asserting that his wife was experiencing (the evil effects of) a demon ὡς τῆς γυναικός μου πῖραν λαβοῦσαν ( l. πεῖραν λαβούσης ) δέ (= αί )μονος . Similar phrases occur in PSI IV. 377 .10 (B.C. 250 240) ἕως ἂν τούτου τοῦ (ἔτους ) πεῖράν σοι ἀποδῶμεν , P Oxy XII. 1415 .29 (late iii/A.D.) Πτολεμαῖος [π ]εῖραν τῆς προαιρέσεως αὑτοῦ πολλάκις δέδωκεν , BGU IV. 1027 xxvi. 11 (end iv/A.D.) οἵου ὀλέθρου πίρας ἐ̣π̣ο̣ε̣ι̣ͅτ̣ε . . . ἡ πῖ [ρ ]α τῶν πραγμάτων ἐπειδείξει , and Syll 890 (= .3 1239) .18 (ii/A.D.) πᾶσι τοῖς κακοῖς πε [ῖ ]ραν δώσει . For a gen. πείρης , see Dieterich Untersuchungen , p. 172. In P Lond 1923 .8 (iv/A.D.) πειρατήριον occurs = temptation διὰ τῶν ἁγίων σου εὐχῶν σωθήσομε (= αι ) ἀπὸ παντὸς πι (= ει )ρατηρίου τοῦ διαβόλου .

πεῖρα πεῖρα, ἡ, "a trial, attempt, essay, experiment", Theogn. , Soph. , etc.; —πεῖραν ἔχειν "to be proved", Pind. ; but, πεῖραν ἔχειν τινός to have "experience" of a thing, Xen. ; π. ἔχει τῆς γνώμης involves "a trial" of your resolution, Thuc. ; —πεῖράν τινος λαμβάνειν to make "trial or proof" of . . , Xen. , etc.: —πεῖράν τινος διδόναι, Lat. specimen sui edere, Thuc. with Preps., ἀπὸ πείρης by "experiment", Hdt. : —εἰς πεῖράν τινος ἔρχεσθαι, ἰέναι Eur. , Thuc. : —ἐν πείρᾳ τινὸς γίγνεσθαι to be acquainted with, associate with one, Xen. : —ἐπὶ πείρᾳ by way of "test or trial", Ar. "an attempt on or against" one, c. gen., Soph. generally, "an attempt, enterprise", Aesch. , Soph.

πεῖρα, -ας, ἡ (πειράω), [in LXX: Deu.28:56 (π. λαμβάνειν, נָסָה pi.) Deu.33:8 (מַסָּה), Wis.18:20, 25, 2Ma.8:9, 4Ma.8:1 * ;] trial, experiment; π. λαμβάνειν, to make trial, have experience of: Heb.11:29, 36 (for exx., see Field, Notes, 232 f.).† (AS)