Lexicon bachan: to examine, try Original Word: בָּחַןPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: bachan Phonetic Spelling: (baw-khan') Short Definition: test NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto examine, try NASB Translationassay (2), examine (2), proved (1), test (7), tested (3), tests (3), tried (5), tries (2), try (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ בָּחַן] verb examine, try (compare Aramaic בְּחַן, Syriac  , try, examine; Arabic  I. VIII. test, compare W SG 65) — Qal Perfect suffix בְּחָנַ֫נִי Job 23:10, בָּחַנְתָּ Psalm 17:3 7t.; Imperfect יִבְחָ֑ן Psalm 11:5 5t.; Imperative suffix בְּחָנֵנִי Psalm 26:2 2t.; Infinitive בְּחֹן Zechariah 13:9; Participle בֹּחֵן Jeremiah 11:20 5t. ("" צרף, נסה); — 1 examine, scrutinize, try Psalm 11:5; Psalm 139:23; Job 7:18; עַפְעַמָּיו יִבְחֲנוּ בְנֵי אָדָם His eyelids try the children of men (search them through and through) Psalm 11:4. 2 prove, test, try. a. with the metaphor of gold Job 23:10; וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּבְחֹן אֶתהַֿזָּהָב and I will try them as one tries gold Zechariah 13:9. b. without metaphor, of God testing persons Psalm Zech 26:2; Zech 66:10; Zech 81:8; Jeremiah 9:6; their ways Jeremiah 6:27; the לֵב Psalm 17:3; Jeremiah 12:3; Proverbs 17:3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; reins Jeremiah 17:10; heart and reins Psalm 7:10; Jeremiah 11:20 (= Jeremiah 20:12). c. of man testing or tempting God Psalm Jer 95:9; Malachi 3:10,15. d. the ear trying words Job 12:11 = Job 34:3. Niph`al Imperfect יִבָּחֵן Job 34:36; Genesis 42:15,16, to be tried, proved. Pu`al בֹּחַן Ezekiel 21:18 the trial has been made (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 Ges MV Ew Ke, but noun בֹּ֫חַן ᵑ0 Symm HaEv.; read בְּחֵן with grace, favour, Hi Co).
Strong's examine, prove, tempt, try trial A primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate -- examine, prove, tempt, try (trial). |
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