KJV dictionary & concordance

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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25 occurrences22 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 17:7

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Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Luke 4:2 · retained source text

Being fourtie dayes tempted of the deuil, and in those dayes he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungred.

¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Luke 10:25 · retained source text

¶ And behold, a certaine Lawyer stood vp, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I doe to inherite eternall life? He said vnto him,

1611 marginal noteMat. 22.35.

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