πειράζω
peirazō (G3985G)
to test/tempt: tempt
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The Greek word πειράζω (peirazō) is a verb that translates to "to test" or "to tempt." Its primary function is to convey the idea of putting something or someone to the test, often to determine its strength, quality, or reliability. In the context of human behavior, peirazō can also imply an attempt to lure or entice someone into doing something, often with the intention of testing their resolve or willpower. The 16 occurrences of peirazō in the Bible reveal a range of usage that spans from testing one's faith to tempting others into sin. In some cases, peirazō is used to describe внутрвиловые struggles, where individuals are being tested by their own desires or weaknesses. In other instances, it is used to describe external temptations, where others are trying to lure or entice individuals into sin. The significance of peirazō lies in its ability to highlight the complexities of human nature and the ongoing struggle between good and evil. By understanding the concept of testing and temptation, we can gain insight into the human condition and the ways in which we are constantly being tested and tempted in our daily lives.
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Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.