'Trying' in the Bible

Some men were bringing a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to take him into the house and place him in front of Jesus.

The entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing all of them.

Herod said, "I beheaded John. But who is this man I'm hearing so much about?" So Herod kept trying to see Jesus.

How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you kept out those who were trying to go in."

He was always trying to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.

He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he couldn't do so due to the crowd, since he was a short man.