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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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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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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.

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