temptation

تعريف temptation في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: The condition of being tempted; The act of tempting; Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement; Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions; {n} the act of tempting, a bait, a trial; {i} seduction, enticement, lure, attraction; The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil; (1 ) Trial; a being put to the test Thus God "tempted [Gen 22: 1; R V , 'did prove'] Abraham;" and afflictions are said to tempt, i e , to try, men (James 1: 2, 12; comp Deut 8: 2), putting their faith and patience to the test (2 ) Ordinarily, however, the word means solicitation to that which is evil, and hence Satan is called "the tempter" (Matt 4: 3) Our Lord was in this way tempted in the wilderness That temptation was not internal, but by a real, active, subtle being It was not self-sought It was submitted to as an act of obedience on his part "Christ was led, driven An unseen personal force bore him a certain violence is implied in the words" (Matt 4: 1-11); Being persuaded to do evil or to sin; something that seduces or has the quality to seduce; A thought or circumstance designed to cause us to disobey God and His ways Temptation itself is not sin It becomes sin when we give in to it Don't play with the Devil's toys!; If you feel you want to do something or have something, even though you know you really should avoid it, you can refer to this feeling as temptation. You can also refer to the thing you want to do or have as a temptation. Will they be able to resist the temptation to buy?; The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction; That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil; Feeling a strong urge to do wrong generally a test or trial; Michael; something that seduces or has the quality to seduce the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened; the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"; the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"; The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted; quince
Temptations: a US male popular music group which made many successful records from the mid-1960s to the 1990s, including I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1969) and Just My Imagination (1971)
The Last Temptation of Christ: 1988 film directed by Martin Scorsese (starring Willem Dafoe and Harvey Keitel)
resisted the temptation: stood against temptation
succumb to temptation: be seduced, be enticed
temptations: plural of temptation
yielded to the temptation: gave in to the temptation, gave in to the enticement