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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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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 BoxGen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - by this H2088 you will be tested: H974 by the life H2416 of Pharaoh, H6547 you shall not go H3318 from this H2088 place unless H3588 H518 your youngest H6996 brother H251 comes H935 here! H2008

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - “Send H7971 one H259 of you that he may get H3947 your brother, H251 while you remain confined, H631 that your words H1697 may be tested, H974 whether there is truth H571 in you. But if H518 not, by the life H2416 of Pharaoh, H6547 surely H3588 you are spies.” H7270

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - “Since I know, H3045 O my God, H430 that You try H974 the heart H3824 and delight H7521 in uprightness, H4339 I, in the integrity H3476 of my heart, H3824 have willingly H5068 offered H5068 all H3605 these H428 things; so now H6258 with joy H8057 I have seen H7200 Your people, H5971 who are present H4672 here, H6311 make H5068 their offerings H5068 willingly H5068 to You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - That You examine H6485 him every morning H1242
And try H974 him every moment? H7281

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - “Does not the ear H241 test H974 words, H4405
As the palate H2441 [fn]tastes H2938 its food? H400

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10 - “But He knows H3045 the [fn]way H1870 I take; H5973
When He has tried H974 me, I shall come H3318 forth H3318 as gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3 - “For the ear H241 tests H974 words H4405
As the palate H2441 tastes H2938 food. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - ‘Job H347 ought H15 to be tried H974 [fn]to the limit, H5331
Because H5921 he answers H8666 like wicked H205 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - O H4994 let the evil H7451 of the wicked H7563 come H1584 to an end, H1584 but establish H3559 the righteous; H6662
For the righteous H6662 God H430 tries H974 the hearts H3820 and [fn]minds. H3629

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD H3068 is in His holy H6944 temple; H1964 the [fn]LORD’S H3068 throne H3678 is in heaven; H8064
His eyes H5869 behold, H2372 His eyelids H6079 test H974 the sons H1121 of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The LORD H3068 tests H974 the righteous H6662 and the wicked, H7563
And the one who loves H157 violence H2555 His soul H5315 hates. H8130

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - You have tried H974 my heart; H3820
You have visited H6485 me by night; H3915
You have tested H6884 me and You find H4672 [fn]nothing; H1077
I have purposed H2161 that my mouth H6310 will not transgress. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Examine H974 me, O LORD, H3068 and try H5254 me;
Test H6884 my [fn]mind H3629 and my heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For You have tried H974 us, O God; H430
You have refined H6884 us as silver H3701 is refined. H6884

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - “You called H7121 in trouble H6869 and I rescued H2502 you;
I answered H6030 you in the hiding H5643 place H5643 of thunder; H7482
I proved H974 you at the waters H4325 of Meribah. H4809 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - “When H834 your fathers H1 tested H5254 Me,
They tried H974 Me, though H1571 they had seen H7200 My work. H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:23 - Search H2713 me, O God, H410 and know H3045 my heart; H3824
Try H974 me and know H3045 my anxious H8312 thoughts; H8312

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - The refining H4715 pot H4715 is for silver H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold, H2091
But the LORD H3068 tests H974 hearts. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - “I have made H5414 you an assayer H969 and a tester H4013 among My people, H5971
That you may know H3045 and assay H974 their way.” H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635
“Behold, H2009 I will refine H6884 them and assay H974 them;
For what H349 else can I do, H6213 because H4480 H6440 of the daughter H1323 of My people? H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 who judges H8199 righteously, H6664
Who tries H974 the [fn]feelings H3629 and the heart, H3820
Let me see H7200 Your vengeance H5360 on them,
For to You have I [fn]committed H1540 my cause. H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But You know H3045 me, O LORD; H3068
You see H7200 me;
And You examine H974 my heart’s H3820 attitude toward H854 You.
Drag H5423 them off H5423 like sheep H6629 for the slaughter H2878
And [fn]set H6942 them apart H6942 for a day H3117 of carnage! H2028

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10 - “I, the LORD, H3068 search H2713 the heart, H3820
I test H974 the [fn]mind, H3629
Even to give H5414 to each H376 man H376 according to his ways, H1870
According to the [fn]results H6529 of his deeds. H4611

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - Yet, O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 You who test H974 the righteous, H6662
Who see H7200 the [fn]mind H3629 and the heart; H3820
Let me see H7200 Your vengeance H5360 on them;
For to You I have set H1540 forth H1540 my cause. H7379

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - “For there is a testing; H976 and what H4100 if H518 even H1571 the [fn]rod H7626 which despises H3988 will be no H3808 more?” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - “And I will bring H935 the third H7992 part H7992 through the fire, H784
Refine H6884 them as silver H3701 is refined, H6884
And test H974 them as gold H2091 is tested. H974
They will call H7121 on My name, H8034
And I will answer H6030 them;
I will say, H559 ‘They are My people,’ H5971
And they will say, H559 ‘The LORD H3068 is my God.’” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - “Bring H935 the whole H3605 tithe H4643 into the storehouse, H214 so that there may be [fn]food H2964 in My house, H1004 and test H974 Me now H4994 in this,” H2088 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “if H518 I will not open H6605 for you the windows H699 of heaven H8064 and pour H7324 out for you a blessing H1293 until H5704 [fn]it overflows. H1097 H1767

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:15 - ‘So now H6258 we call H833 the arrogant H2086 blessed; H833 not only H1571 are the doers H6213 of wickedness H7564 built H1129 up but they also H1571 test H974 God H430 and escape.’” H4422
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