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tempted

Meaning of “tempted”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

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First occurrence: Exodus 17:7

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Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 17:7 · retained source text

And hee called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD amongst vs, or not?

1611 marginal noteThat is, Tentation.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Chiding: or, strife.

Numbers 14:22
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:22 · retained source text

Because all those men which haue seene my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernesse, and haue tempted mee now these ten times, and haue not hearkened to my voice,

Deuteronomy 6:16
¶ Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 6:16 · retained source text

¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as yee tempted him in Massah.

1611 marginal noteMat. 4.7.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17.2.

Psalms 78:18
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:18 · retained source text

And they tempted God in their heart: by asking meat for their lust.

Psalms 95:9
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
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1611 witness · Psalms 95:9 · retained source text

When your fathers tempted me: proued me, and sawe my worke.

Psalms 106:14
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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1611 witness · Psalms 106:14 · retained source text

But lusted exceedingly in the wildernes: & tempted God in the desert.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lusted a lust.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17. 2. 1.cor. 10.6.

Matthew 4:1
THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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1611 witness · Matthew 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Then was Iesus led vp of the Spirit into the wildernesse, to bee tempted of the deuill.

1611 marginal noteMarke 1.12. luke 4.1.

Mark 1:13
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
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1611 witness · Mark 1:13 · retained source text

And he was there in the wildernesse fourtie daies tempted of Satan, and was with the wildbeasts, and the Angels ministred vnto him.

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