Strong G1381δοκιμάζω
to test
- Transliteration
- dokimazō
- Pronunciation
- dok-im-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1384; to test (literally or figuratively); by implication to approve: - allow discern examine X like (ap-) prove try.
Detailed definition
δοκιμάζω
(δόκιμος), [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַן;]
1. primarily of metals (Pro.8:10 17:3, Sir.2:5, Wis.3:6), to test, try, prove (in the hope and expectation that the test will prove successful, see reff. s. Syn.): χρυσίον, 1Pe.1:7; other things, Luk.12:56 14:19, 2Co.8:8, Gal.6:4, 1Th.2:4 5:21; τὰ διαφέροντα, Rom.2:18, Php.1:10 (R, mg., but see infr.); πνεύματα, 1Jn.4:1; of men, 1Ti.3:10 (pass.); ἑαυτόν, 1Co.11:28, 2Co.13:5; before subst. clause, Rom.12:2, 1Co.3:13, Eph.5:10
2. As the result of trial, to approve, think fit: Rom.1:28 14:22, 1Co.16:3, 2Co.8:22, 1Th.2:4 (δεδοκιμάσμεθα); τὰ διαφέροντα, Rom.2:18, Php.1:10, R, txt. (but see supr.; cf. διαφέρω).†
(AS)
(δόκιμος), [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַן;]
1. primarily of metals (Pro.8:10 17:3, Sir.2:5, Wis.3:6), to test, try, prove (in the hope and expectation that the test will prove successful, see reff. s. Syn.): χρυσίον, 1Pe.1:7; other things, Luk.12:56 14:19, 2Co.8:8, Gal.6:4, 1Th.2:4 5:21; τὰ διαφέροντα, Rom.2:18, Php.1:10 (R, mg., but see infr.); πνεύματα, 1Jn.4:1; of men, 1Ti.3:10 (pass.); ἑαυτόν, 1Co.11:28, 2Co.13:5; before subst. clause, Rom.12:2, 1Co.3:13, Eph.5:10
2. As the result of trial, to approve, think fit: Rom.1:28 14:22, 1Co.16:3, 2Co.8:22, 1Th.2:4 (δεδοκιμάσμεθα); τὰ διαφέροντα, Rom.2:18, Php.1:10, R, txt. (but see supr.; cf. διαφέρω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1381 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prove10
- let3
- try3
- approve2
- allow1
- alloweth1
- approvest1
- discern1
- do1
- examine1
- have1
- like1
First verses
- Luke 12:56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
- Luke 14:19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
- Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Romans 2:18And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
- Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Romans 14:22Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
- 1 Corinthians 3:13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
- 1 Corinthians 11:28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
- 1 Corinthians 16:3And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
- 2 Corinthians 8:22And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- Galatians 6:4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
- Ephesians 5:10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
- Philippians 1:10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- 1 Timothy 3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
- Hebrews 3:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
- 1 Peter 1:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δοκῐμάζω,
(δόκιμος) assay, test, πορφύραν καὶ χρυσόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.39; τοὺς οἴνους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1118a28; τὰ νομίσματα [prev. author] “HA” 491a21)]:—middle, prove for oneself, choose, χώραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.10, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 532.11 (uncertain))]:— passive, ἐπειδὰν τὸ ἔργον.. δοκιμασθῇ [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2266.15 (from Delos).)]
2 of persons, δ. αὐτούς put them to the test, make trial of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.50; δ. τοὺς μηνυτάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.53; φίλους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.1, compare “PEleph.” 1.8 (4th c.BC), etc.)]; also of Apis-bulls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38.)]
II approve, sanction, μετὰ δεδοκιμασμένου [λόγου] μὴ ξυνέπεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; ἐψηφίσασθε δοκιμάσαντες τοὺς νόμους, εἶτ᾽ ἀναγράψαι τούτους οἳ ἂν δοκιμασθῶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.82; ἄρρενας ἔρωτας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.11e; ὅπῃ ταύτῃ ἀρετὴ δοκιμάζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407c: with)]infinitive, ἐκπονεῖν ἐδοκίμαζε he approved of their working, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.4; ἐπειδή.. ἐδοκιμάσθη ταῦτα καλῶς ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35.)]
II.2 as a political term,
II.2.a approve after scrutiny as fit for an office, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 45.3)]:—passive, to be approved as fit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 15.6, etc.; δοκιμασθεὶς ἀρχέτω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 765b)]; μου δοκιμαζομένου when I was undergoing a scrutiny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.111)]; δεδοκιμασμένος [ἰατρός] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 106.24 (2nd c.AD),compare “PGnom.” 201 (2nd c.AD))]: metaphorically, ὃν ὁ Ἥφαιστος ἐδοκίμασεν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.3 (2nd c.BC))]; ὑπὲρ τοῦ στεφανωθῆναι δοκιμάζομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.266.)]
II.2.b pass as fit to serve, ἱππεύειν δεδοκιμασμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.22, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.20, “IG” 22.1126.15, 1369.)]
II.2.c examine and admit boys to the class of ἔφηβοι or ἔφηβοι to the rights of manhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 578 (_passive_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 42.2, etc.; ἕως ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.5; εἰς ἄνδρας δεδοκιμασμένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.28.)]
II.2.d test an orator's right to speak [Refs (compare (δοκιμασία 4), “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 310.)]
II.3 with infinitive, think fit to do, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 31, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.7.4, etc.)]: with negative, refuse to do, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rom.1.28: _absolutely_, “BGU” 248.19 (1st c.AD), etc.)]
(δόκιμος) assay, test, πορφύραν καὶ χρυσόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.39; τοὺς οἴνους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1118a28; τὰ νομίσματα [prev. author] “HA” 491a21)]:—middle, prove for oneself, choose, χώραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.10, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 532.11 (uncertain))]:— passive, ἐπειδὰν τὸ ἔργον.. δοκιμασθῇ [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2266.15 (from Delos).)]
2 of persons, δ. αὐτούς put them to the test, make trial of them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.50; δ. τοὺς μηνυτάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.53; φίλους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.1, compare “PEleph.” 1.8 (4th c.BC), etc.)]; also of Apis-bulls, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38.)]
II approve, sanction, μετὰ δεδοκιμασμένου [λόγου] μὴ ξυνέπεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38; ἐψηφίσασθε δοκιμάσαντες τοὺς νόμους, εἶτ᾽ ἀναγράψαι τούτους οἳ ἂν δοκιμασθῶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.82; ἄρρενας ἔρωτας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.11e; ὅπῃ ταύτῃ ἀρετὴ δοκιμάζεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407c: with)]infinitive, ἐκπονεῖν ἐδοκίμαζε he approved of their working, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.4; ἐπειδή.. ἐδοκιμάσθη ταῦτα καλῶς ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35.)]
II.2 as a political term,
II.2.a approve after scrutiny as fit for an office, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 759d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 45.3)]:—passive, to be approved as fit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 15.6, etc.; δοκιμασθεὶς ἀρχέτω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 765b)]; μου δοκιμαζομένου when I was undergoing a scrutiny, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.111)]; δεδοκιμασμένος [ἰατρός] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 106.24 (2nd c.AD),compare “PGnom.” 201 (2nd c.AD))]: metaphorically, ὃν ὁ Ἥφαιστος ἐδοκίμασεν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.3 (2nd c.BC))]; ὑπὲρ τοῦ στεφανωθῆναι δοκιμάζομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.266.)]
II.2.b pass as fit to serve, ἱππεύειν δεδοκιμασμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.22, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.20, “IG” 22.1126.15, 1369.)]
II.2.c examine and admit boys to the class of ἔφηβοι or ἔφηβοι to the rights of manhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 578 (_passive_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 42.2, etc.; ἕως ἐγὼ ἀνὴρ εἶναι δοκιμασθείην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.5; εἰς ἄνδρας δεδοκιμασμένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.28.)]
II.2.d test an orator's right to speak [Refs (compare (δοκιμασία 4), “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 310.)]
II.3 with infinitive, think fit to do, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 31, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.7.4, etc.)]: with negative, refuse to do, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rom.1.28: _absolutely_, “BGU” 248.19 (1st c.AD), etc.)]