Lexicon apeirastos: untried, untempted Original Word: ἀπείραστος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: apeirastos Phonetic Spelling: (ap-i'-ras-tos) Short Definition: untried, inexperienced, incapable of being tempted Definition: untried, inexperienced, untempted, incapable of being tempted. 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 peirazóDefinitionuntried, untempted NASB Translationcannot be tempted (1).
Thayer's 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.)
Strong's 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 |
    |