Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H974
בָּחַן
ba.chan · “to test”
Used 29 times across 9 books
Definition
1) to examine, try, prove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to examine, scrutinise
1a2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)
1b) (Niphal) to be tried, proved
1c) (Pual) to make a trial
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to examine, scrutinise
1a2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)
1b) (Niphal) to be tried, proved
1c) (Pual) to make a trial
Where it appears
Genesis2
1 Chronicles1
Job5
Psalms9
Proverbs1
Jeremiah6
Ezekiel1
Zechariah2
Malachi2
In the text
Genesis 42:15Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.Genesis 42:16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.1 Chronicles 29:17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.Job 7:18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?Job 12:11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.Job 34:36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.Psalms 7:10My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
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