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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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Hebrews 2:18
For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 2:18 · retained source text

For in that he himselfe hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Hebrews 3:9
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 3:9 · retained source text

When your fathers tempted me, prooued me, and saw my works fourty yeeres.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 4:15 · retained source text

For wee haue not an high Priest which cannot bee touched with the feeling of our infirmities: but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sinne.

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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 11:37 · retained source text

They were stoned, they were sawen asunder, were tempted, were slaine with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskinnes, and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

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