Tempt, Temptation
Greek Word Study

 

Tempt:

apeirastos 

Not to be tempted or tried, a negative particle, untried, not temptable, not to be temped; peirao to test, that is to attempt, assay; peira through the idea of piercing, a test, attempt, experience, assaying, trial; peran to pierce through, across, beyond, farther, other side, over

James 1:13 “Let no man say when he is tempted (peirazo), I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted (peirazo) with evil, neither tempteth (apeirastos) he any man:”

 

ekpeirazo  to try, prove exceedingly, to test thoroughly, tempt; peirazo to test, endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline, assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt, try; peira piercing, a test, attempt, experience, assaying, trial; peran to pierce, through, across, beyond, farther, other side, over

Matthew 4:7 “Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”

Luke 4:12 “And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”

Luke 10:25 “And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

I Corinthians 10:9 “Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.”

 

peirazo  to try, prove; to test, endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline, assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt, try; peira piercing, a test, attempt, experience, assaying, trial; peran to pierce, through, across, beyond, farther, other side, over

Matthew 4:1; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:2 “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”

Matthew 16:1; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; John 8:6 “The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.”

Matthew 19:3; Mark 10:2 “And the Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”

Matthew 22:18; Mark 12:15; Luke 20:23 “But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?”

Matthew 22:35 “Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying…”

Acts 5:9 “Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?  Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.”

Acts 15:10 “Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?”

I Corinthians 7:5 “Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for you incontinency.”

I Corinthians 10:9, 13 “Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.”

Galatians 6:1 “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

I Thessalonians 3:5 “For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.”

Hebrews 2:18 “For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.”

Hebrews 3:9 “When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.”

Hebrews 4:15 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

Hebrews 11:37 “They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;”

James 1:13 “Let no man say when he is tempted (peirazo), I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted (peirazo) with evil, neither tempteth (apeirastos) he any man:”

James 1:14 “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.”

 

Temptation

peirasmos trial, proof; a putting to proof by experiment, experience, solicitation, discipline, provocation, adversity, temptation, try; peirazo to test, endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline, assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt, try; peira piercing, a test, attempt, experience, assaying, trial; peran to pierce, through, across, beyond, farther, other side, over

Matthew 6:13 “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.  Amen.”

Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38 “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 4:13 “And when the devil and ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.”

Luke 8:13 “Then on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.”

Luke 22:28 “Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.”

 Luke 22:40 “And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.”

Luke 22:46 “And said unto them, Why sleep ye?  Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.”

Acts 20:19 “Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:”

I Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

Galatians 4:14 “And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.”

I Timothy 6:9 “But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”

Hebrews 3:8 “Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:”

James 1:2-4 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.  But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

James 1:12 “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”

I Peter 1:6-7 “Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”

II Peter 2:9 “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the Day of Judgment to be punished:”

Revelation 3:10 “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earthy.”

 

peirazo to try, prove; to test, endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline, examine, go about, prove, tempt, try; peira piercing, a test, attempt, experience, assaying, trial; peran to pierce, through, across, beyond, farther, other side, over

Matthew 4:3 “And when the tempter (peirazo) came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.”

I Thessalonians 3:5  “For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.”

 

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