'Tried' in the Bible

But John tried to prevent him, saying, "{I need} to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

And John answered [and] said, "Master, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow in company with us."

But Festus, [because he] wanted to do a favor for the Jews, answered [and] said to Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to be tried before me there concerning these [things]?"

And throughout all the synagogues I punished them often [and] tried to force [them] to blaspheme, and [because I] was enraged at them beyond measure, I was pursuing [them] even as far as to foreign cities.