UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἀπείραστος; -ον

Constructions: ἀπείραστος; ἀ-; πειράζω

Sense 1: unable to be tempted, one who cannot be tempted

Semantic entry: 88.309

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt

Definition: pertaining to not being able to be tempted

Notes: There may be some difficulties involved in rendering the passive expression in RV JAM 1:13 · LV JAM 1:13 · Read together JAM 1:13, but it is often possible to restructure this as an active expression with an indefinite person made the subject, for example, ‘no one can tempt God to do what is bad.’ It is also possible to shift the meaning slightly in terms of desire or will and thus say ‘God would never want to do what is evil.’

JAM 1:13: RV JAM 1:13 · LV JAM 1:13 · Read together JAM 1:13

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OET-RV JAM 1:13

13 No one should say ‘It’s God tempting me’ when they’re being tempted, because God can’t be tempted to do evil and he doesn’t tempt others,

OET-LV JAM 1:13

13 No _one being _tempted let _be _saying, that By god I _am _being _tempted.
For/Because the god untemptable is by _evil, and is _tempting he no _one.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀπείραστος

Form 1

Sense 1: unable to be tempted, one who cannot be tempted