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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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 - By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - visit him every morning
and test him every moment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Does not the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10 - But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3 - for the ear tests words
as the palate tastes food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - Would that Job were tried to the end,
because he answers like wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,[fn]
O righteous God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD’s throne is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The LORD tests the righteous,
but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,
you have tested me, and you will find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Prove me, O LORD, and try me;
test my heart and my mind.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - In distress you called, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - when your fathers put me to the test
and put me to the proof, though they had seen 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![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and the LORD tests hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - “I have made you a tester of metals among my people,
that you may know and test their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts:
“Behold, I will refine them and test them,
for what else can I do, because of my people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests the heart and the mind,
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But you, O LORD, know me;
you see me, and test my heart toward you.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10 - “I the LORD search the heart
and test the mind,[fn]
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous,
who sees the heart and the mind,[fn]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
for to you have I committed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?”[fn] declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call upon my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:15 - And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”
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