Lexicon apeirastos: Untempted, untried, not subject to temptation Original Word: ἀπείραστος Strong's Exhaustive Concordance not to be tempted. From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of peirao; untried, i.e. Not temptable -- not to be tempted. see GREEK a see GREEK peirao HELPS Word-studies 551 apeírastos (from 1 /A "not" and 3985 /peirázō, "susceptible to enticement, allurement") – properly, unable to be tempted, lacking the very capacity to be enticed by evil or influenced by sin. 551/apeirastos ("untemptable"), only occurring in Js 1:13, refers to God's nature as incapable of being tempted, i.e. He can not be wooed (enticed) by sin. [551 (apeírastos) is also used in ancient secular Greek meaning "incapable of being tempted" (L-S). Theologians connect this to the "impassability of God."] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and peirazó Definition untried, untempted NASB Translation cannot be tempted (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 551: ἀπείραστοςἀπείραστος, ἀπειραστον (πειράζω), as well untempted as untemptable: ἀπείραστος κακῶν that cannot be tempted by evil, not liable to temptation to sin, James 1:13; cf. the full remarks on this passage in Winers Grammar, § 30, 4 (cf. § 16, 3 a.; Buttmann, 170 (148)). (Josephus, b. j. 5, 9, 3; 7, 8, 1, and ecclesiastical writings. The Greeks said ἀπείρατος, from πειράω.) Forms and Transliterations απειραστος απείραστός ἀπείραστός apeirastos apeírastósLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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