Topic
Assay
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 4:34ISBE
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for…
- 1 Samuel 17:39ISBE
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
- Job 4:2ISBE
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
- Acts 9:26ISBE
And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
- Acts 16:7ISBE
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
- Acts 24:6ISBE
Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
- Acts 26:21ISBE
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- Hebrews 11:29ISBE
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
a-sa' (ya'al; nacah; peirdzein; peirasthai; peiran lambanein): The Hebrew and Greek words which are rendered in the King James Version "assay" are so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American), and the use of it is extended in the Revised Version (British and American) in two additional cases. The Hebrew word ya'al (1Sa 17:39) is used of David clad in Saul's armor, who "assayed," that is, "tried unsuccessfully," to go and attack Goliath in it, for "he had not proved it," where nacah is the verb. In De 4:34 and Job 4:2 nacah is rendered "assay," in the sense of "attempt," "venture." In Ac 16:7 Paul is said to have "assayed," that is, "attempted" (but was hindered), to go into Bithynia, and now in Ac 24:6 Paul is charged with having "assayed," that is, "having had the audacity," to profane the temple, where peirazein is the verb used in both cases. In Ac 9:26, and now in the Revised Version (British and American) Ac 26:21, "assay," renders the verb peirasthai, "to attempt," in both cases unsuccessfully. In Heb 11:29 it translates two Greek words peiran lambanein "to make an attempt unsuccessfully."
T. Nicol.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.