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ἀπείραστος

apeírastos · G551 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. unable to be tempted, one who cannot be tempted

    Pertaining to not being able to be tempted

    Examples

    James 1:13 No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Unable to be tempted, one who cannot be tempted88.309
In James 1:13, James writes that “God cannot be tempted (apeírastós) by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone,” describing a nature entirely immune to the pull of evil.
Word family 37 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

πέραν péran · G4008 · opposite, across from, on the other side of · 23×πορεύομαι poreúomai · G4198 · to move, to go, to travel · 153×πειράζω peirázō · G3985 · to test, to examine, to put to the test · 39×ἐκπορεύομαι ekporeúomai · G1607 · to go out of, to depart out of, to leave from within · 33×πειρασμός peirasmós · G3986 · examination, testing, temptation · 21×εἰσπορεύομαι eisporeúomai · G1531 · to move into, to come into, to go into · 18×ἀπορέω aporéō · G639 · to be at a loss, to be uncertain, to be anxious · 6×διαπεράω diaperáō · G1276 · to cross over, to go over · 6×εἴ περ eí per · G1512 · if indeed, if after all · 6×διαπορεύομαι diaporeúomai · G1279 · to travel around through, to journey all through, to pass through · 5×ἔμπορος émporos · G1713 · merchant, trader · 5×καίπερ kaíper · G2539 · although, though, even though · 5×παραπορεύομαι paraporeúomai · G3899 · to pass by, to go by · 5×διαπορέω diaporéō · G1280 · to be very perplexed, to not know what to do, to be very confused · 4×ἐκπειράζω ekpeirázō · G1598 · to test, to examine, to put to the test · 4×πέρας péras · G4009 · end, limit, conclusion · 4×συμπορεύομαι symporeúomai · G4848 · to come with, to go with, to accompany · 4×ἐμπορεύομαι emporeúomai · G1710 · to be in business, to engage in a business, to trade · 2×ἐξαπορέομαι exaporéomai · G1820 · to be in utter despair, to despair completely · 2×πεῖρα peîra · G3984 · to try, to attempt · 2×πέρυσι pérysi · G4070 · last year · 2×πορεία poreía · G4197 · to travel, to journey, to be on one’s way · 2×προπορεύομαι proporeúomai · G4313 · to go in front of, to precede, to lead · 2×ἀντιπέραν antipéran · G495 · opposite, across from, on the other side of · 1×ἀπείραστοςapeírastos · G551ἄπειρος ápeiros · G552 · inexperienced in, unacquainted with · 1×ἀπέραντος apérantos · G562 · without limits, endless · 1×ἀπορία aporía · G640 · to be at a loss, to be uncertain, to be anxious · 1×ἐμπορία emporía · G1711 · to be in business, to engage in a business, to trade · 1×ἐμπόριον empórion · G1712 · marketplace · 1×ἐπιπορεύομαι epiporeúomai · G1975 · to come to, to arrive · 1×πειράω peiráō · G3987 · to try, to attempt · 1×περιπείρω peripeírō · G4044 · to undergo, to experience · 1×προσπορεύομαι prosporeúomai · G4365 · to move toward, to approach, to come near to · 1×φάραγξ pháranx · G5327 · ravine, narrow steep-sided valley · 1×ὅσπερ hósper · G3746 · who especially · 0×περ per · G4007 · an enclitic particle significant of abundance, i.e. emphasis; much, very or ever · 0×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀπειραστον (πειράζω), as well untempted as untemptable: ἀπείραστος κακῶν that cannot be…
ἀπειραστον (πειράζω), as well untempted as untemptable: ἀπείραστος κακῶν that cannot be tempted by evil, not liable to temptation to sin, Jas 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.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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