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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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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 ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;

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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, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye are spies;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - 'And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10 - For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3 - For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - My Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - 'Jehovah is in his holy temple: Jehovah -- in the heavens is His throne. His eyes see -- His eyelids try the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - And O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10 - I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - And, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - Because it is a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it is,' And it saith, 'Jehovah is my God!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:15 - And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
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