KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 22:1
Complete exact-word concordance
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.
Then Peter saide vnto her, How is it that ye haue agreed together, to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feete of them which haue buried thy husband, are at the doore, and shall cary thee out.
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?
Now therfore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke vpon the necke of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare?
1611 marginal noteMat. 23.4.
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 your incontinency.
Defraud you not one the other, except it bee with consent for a time, that yee may giue your selues to fasting and prayer, and come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Neither let vs tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
1611 marginal noteNum. 21.6.
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Historical English dictionary sources
to try, test, put to the test.
