a yielding to persuasion, assent, Gal. 5:8*

to try, attempt, essay, endeavor, Acts 26:21*

a putting to the proof, proof, trial, 1 Pet. 4:12; Heb. 3:8; direct temptation to sin, Lk. 4:13; trial, temptation, Mt. 6:13; 26:41; 1 Cor. 10:13; trial, calamity, affliction, Lk. 22:28

a trial, attempt, endeavor;, λαμβάνειν πειραν, to attempt, Heb. 11:29; also, to experience, Heb. 11:36*

to hunger, be hungry, Mt. 4:2; Mk. 11:12; to be exposed to hunger, be famished, 1 Cor. 4:11; Phil. 4:12; met. to hunger after, desire earnestly, long for, Mt. 5:6

pluperfect, ἐπεποιθειν, to persuade, seek to persuade, endeavor to convince, Acts 18:4; 19:8, 26; 28:23; to persuade, influence by persuasion, Mt.

also spelled πιθός, persuasive, skillful, 1 Cor. 2:4*

to obey, one in authority, Acts 5:29, 32; Tit. 3:1; genr. to obey, follow, or conform to advice, Acts 27:21*