Untempted
ἀπείραστοςStrong’s G0551apeirastos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Apeirastos is the Greek word usually translated “unable to be tempted”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:”
Meaning
Usually translated “unable to be tempted”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- unable to be tempted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀπείραστος apeirastos · untempted
απείραστος, -ον (πειράζω for cl. ἀπείρητος, πειράω), untempted, untried, without experience: Jas.1:13 (see Hort, in l; MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “untempted” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNTEMPT'ED, adjective
Not tempted; not tried by enticements or persuasions; not invited by any thing alluring.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.