(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.
1She would not listen to the first insidious suggestion of the tempter.
2He got work, I believe, but the tempter came in his way.
3But the tempter came, and from that time she began to droop.
4In an unguarded hour they succumbed to the tempter's power, and fell.
5Carlos, the tempter of that childish unhappy heart, was flung into prison.
6And you, Colonel Despienne, you would not even listen to the tempter.
7God's door up, the tempter's door down, and only a door-jamb between.
8Whoever was the tempter, that is not the thing; nor what the temptation.
9But the sword of the spirit must keep the tempter away.
10So the tempter won and the trust money was speedily converted into ice-cream.
11But he rebuked the tempter and the Devil fled from him.
12Are the tempter and the tempted the same in your eyes?
13He had succeeded, and Robert was removed from the wiles of the tempter.
14His voice is the voice of the tempter, myriad-toned and irresistible.
15But the tempter was unprepared for the trap that was laid for him.
16At this the tempter fled, and the Saint returned victoriously to his cell.
Translations for the tempter