Exelko combines ex (out) and helko (to drag/draw). It appears once in James 1:14: 'each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.' The verb exelkomenos (being dragged out) uses a fishing metaphor — desire acts as bait that drags the soul out of safety into danger. The picture is violent: not a gentle invitation but a forcible drag.
James's anatomy of temptation is surgical: exelko (dragged out by desire) → deleazo (enticed/baited) → desire conceives → sin is born → sin matures → death. The origin of temptation is internal, not external. The serpent does not create desire; it exploits it. This is profoundly important: the battle against sin is not primarily about removing external opportunities but about the transformation of internal desire. Paul's answer is renewal of the mind (Romans 12:2); Peter's is becoming partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4).