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Matt. 4:7; Luke 4:12; so in 1 Cor. 10:9,
RV
, “the Lord” (
KJV
, “Christ”); of the lawyer who
“tempted” Christ, Luke 10:25.¶ In the Sept., Deut. 6:16; 8:2, 16; Ps. 78:15.¶ Cf.
(see
PROVE
).
B. Adjective.
(
&$
, 551), “untempted, untried” ( , negative, and A, No. 1),
occurs in Jas. 1:13, with
, “to be,” “cannot be tempted,” “untemptable” (Mayor).¶
TEMPTATION
(
$
, 3986), akin to A, above, is used of (1) “trials” with a
beneficial purpose and effect, (a) of “trials” or “temptations,” divinely permitted or sent,
Luke 22:28; Acts 20:19; Jas. 1:2; 1 Pet. 1:6; 4:12,
RV
, “to prove,”
KJV
, “to try”; 2 Pet. 2:9
(singular); Rev. 3:10,
RV
, “trial” (
KJV
, “temptation”); in Jas. 1:12, “temptation”
apparently has meanings (1) and (2) combined (see below), and is used in the widest
sense; (b) with a good or neutral significance, Gal. 4:14, of Paul’s physical infirmity, “a
temptation” to the Galatian converts, of such a kind as to arouse feelings of natural
repugnance; (c) of “trials” of a varied character, Matt. 6:13 and Luke 11:4, where
believers are commanded to pray not to be led into such by forces beyond their own
control; Matt. 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 22:40, 46, where they are commanded to watch
and pray against entering into “temptations” by their own carelessness or disobedience; in
all such cases God provides “the way of escape,” 1 Cor. 10:13 (where
occurs
twice). (2) Of “trial” definitely designed to lead to wrong doing, “temptation,” Luke 4:13;
8:13; 1 Tim. 6:9; (3) of “trying” or challenging God, by men, Heb. 3:8.¶
TEMPTER
Note:
The present participle of
, “to tempt,” preceded by the article, lit., “the
(one) tempting,” is used as a noun, describing the Devil in this character, Matt. 4:3; 1
Thess. 3:5.¶
TEN
(
!
, 1176), whence the Eng. prefix “deca-,” is regarded by some as the
measure of human responsibility, e.g., Luke 19:13, 17; Rev. 2:10; it is used in a figurative
setting in Rev. 12:3; 13:1; 17:3, 7, 12, 16.
Notes:
(1) In Acts 23:23,
, “seventy,” is translated “threescore and
ten.” (2) For “ten thousand” see
THOUSAND
.
For
TEND,
John 21:16
;
1 Pet. 5:2
,
RV
, see
FEED
, No. 2
TENDER
(
2
, 527), “soft, tender,” is used of the branch of a tree, Matt. 24:32;
Mark 13:28.¶
Note:
For Luke 1:78, “tender mercy”; Phil. 1:8; 2:1 “tender mercies,” see
BOWELS
.
For
TENDERHEARTED
see
PITIFUL
, No. 2
TENTH
1.
(
!
, 1182), an adjective from
, “ten,” occurs in John 1:39; Rev.
11:13; 21:20.¶