Lexical Summary dokimos: tested, approved Original Word: δόκιμοςTransliteration: dokimos Phonetic Spelling: (dok'-ee-mos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: tested, approved Meaning: tested, approved Strong's Concordance approved, tried. From dokeo; properly, acceptable (current after assayal), i.e. Approved -- approved, tried. see GREEK dokeo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1384: δόκιμοςδόκιμος, δόκιμον (δέχομαι); from Herodotus down; 1. properly, accepted, particularly of coins and metals, Genesis 23:16; 2 Chronicles 9:17; Lucian, Herm. 68, etc.; hence, universally, proved, tried: in the N. T. one who is of tried faith and integrity (R. V. approved), Romans 16:10 (τόν δόκιμον ἐν Χριστῷ, the approved servant of Christ); 1 Corinthians 11:19; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 13:7; 2 Timothy 2:15 (παρισταναι ἑαυτόν δόκιμον τῷ Θεῷ); James 1:12. 2. accepted, equivalent to acceptable, pleasing: εὐάρεστος τῷ Θεῷ καί δόκιμος (L marginal reading δοκιμοις) τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, Romans 14:18. |
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