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tempt

Meaning of “tempt”

Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
14 occurrences14 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 22:1

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Malachi 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
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1611 witness · Malachi 3:15 · retained source text

And now we call the proud happy: yea, they that worke wickednes are set vp, yea they that tempt God, are euen deliuered.

1611 marginal noteHeb. are built.

1611 marginal notePsal.95.9.

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Historical definitions

to try, test, put to the test.

printed p. 279; PDF p. 299; Internet Archive leaf n298

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