Lexicon dokimion: a testing Original Word: δοκίμιον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: dokimion Phonetic Spelling: (dok-im'-ee-on) Short Definition: a test, trial, what is genuine Definition: a test, trial, what is genuine. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1383 dokímion (a neuter noun) what is found approved (genuine) after testing, focusing on the inevitable results of this. See 1384 (dokimos) and 1381 (dokimázō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dokimosDefinitiona testing NASB Translationproof (1), testing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1383: δοκίμιονδοκίμιον, δοκιμιου, τό (dokimee]; 1. equivalent to τό δοκιμάζειν, the proving: τῆς πίστεως, James 1:3. 2. that by which something is tried or proved, a test: Dionysius Halicarnassus ars rhet. 11; γλῶσσα γεύσεως δοκίμιον, Longinus, de sublima. 32, 5; δοκίμιον δέ στρατιωτῶν κάματος, Herodian, 2, 10, 12 (6, Bekker edition); in the Sept. of a crucible or furnace for smelting: Proverbs 27:21; Psalm 11:7 (). 3. equivalent to δοκιμή, 2: ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, your proved faith, 1 Peter 1:7. This word is treated of fully by Fritzsche in his Praliminarien as above with, pp. 40, 44.
Strong's trial, trying. Neuter of a presumed derivative of dokime; a testing; by implication, trustworthiness -- trial, trying. see GREEK dokime |
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