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Lexicon :: Strong's H974 - bāḥan

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בָּחַן
Transliteration
bāḥan
Pronunciation
baw-khan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 230

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחַן bâchan, baw-khan'; a primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate:—examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H974 in the following manner: try (19x), prove (7x), examine (1x), tempt (1x), trial (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H974 in the following manner: try (19x), prove (7x), examine (1x), tempt (1x), trial (1x).

  1. to examine, try, prove

    1. (Qal)

      1. to examine, scrutinise

      2. to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)

    2. (Niphal) to be tried, proved

    3. (Pual) to make a trial

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּחַן bâchan, baw-khan'; a primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate:—examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
STRONGS H974: Abbreviations
† [בָּחַן] verb examine, try (compare Aramaic בְּחַן, Syriac bdb010308, try, examine; Arabic bdb010309 I. VIII. test, compare WSG 65) —
Qal Perfect suffix בְּחָנַ֫נִי Job 23:10, בָּחַנְתָּ Psalm 17:3 + 7 times; Imperfect יִבְחָ֑ן Psalm 11:5 + 5 times; Imperative suffix בְּחָנֵנִי Psalm 26:2 + 2 times; Infinitive בְּחֹן Zechariah 13:9; Participle בֹּחֵן Jeremiah 11:20 + 5 times (|| צרף, נסה); —
1. examine, scrutinize, try Psalm 11:5; Psalm 139:23; Job 7:18; אָדָם בְנֵי יִבְחֲנוּ עַפְעַפָּיו 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 95:9; Malachi 3:10, 15.
d. the ear trying words Job 12:11 = Job 34:3.
Niph. Imperfect יִבָּחֵן Job 34:36; Genesis 42:15, 16, to be tried, proved.
Pu. בֹּחַן Ezekiel 21:18 the trial has been made (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Ges MV Ew Ke, but noun בֹּ֫חַן MT Symm HaEv.; read בְּחֵן with grace, favour, Hi Co).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

42:15; 42:16

1 Chronicles

29:17

Job

7:18; 12:11; 23:10; 23:10; 34:3; 34:36

Psalms

7:10; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 17:3; 17:3; 26:2; 95:9; 139:23

Proverbs

17:3

Jeremiah

6:27; 9:6; 11:20; 11:20; 12:3; 17:10; 20:12

Ezekiel

21:18

Zechariah

13:9; 13:9

Malachi

3:10; 3:15

H974

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H974 matches the Hebrew בָּחַן (bāḥan),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 -
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning,
And try him every moment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 -
Doth not the ear try words,
Even as the palate tasteth its food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10 -
But he knoweth the way that I take;
When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3 -
For the ear trieth words,
As the palate tasteth food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 -
Would that Job were tried unto the end,
Because of his answering like wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 -
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:
For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 -
Jehovah is in his holy temple;
Jehovah, his throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 -
Jehovah trieth the righteous;
But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 -
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 -
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;
Try my heart and my mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 -
For thou, O God, hast proved us:
Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 -
Thou 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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 -
When your fathers tempted me,
Proved me, and saw my work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:23 -
Search me, O God, and know my heart:
Try me, and know my thoughts;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 -
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10 - I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will bring the third part into 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, Jehovah is my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:15 - And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
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