H974 בָּחַן
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 29 KJV occurrences
בָּחַן
bâchan · baw-khan'
Definition
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
KJV Renderings
examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 29)
- Genesis 42:15Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
- Job 7:18And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
- Job 34:36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
- Psalms 11:5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
- Psalms 81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
- Jeremiah 6:27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
- Jeremiah 12:3But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.