Prove:
proov (bachan, nacah; dokimazo, peirazo): Means
(1) to test or try;
(2) to establish, demonstrate;
(3) to find by experience.
It is for the most part in the first (original) sense that the word is found in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is most frequently the translation of nacah, primarily "to lift," hence, to weigh (Ge 42:15,16, etc.). God is said to "prove" His people, i.e. to test or try them for their good (Ge 22:1; Ex 15:25; De 8:16, etc.). The Psalmist prays that God may prove him (Ps 26:2). The word is frequently rendered "tempt."
See TEMPT.
The word bachan, primarily "to try by heat," has a similar meaning (Ps 17:3, the heart, like metal, purified from dross; compare Job 23:10; Ps 7:9; Mal 3:2, etc.). In the New Testament the word most frequently rendered "prove" (sometimes "try") is dokimazo (Lu 14:19; Ro 12:2; 2Co 8:8,22; 13:5; Eph 5:10; 1Th 5:21). Peirazo, "to tempt," "to prove," used in both a good and a bad sense, frequently translated "TEMPT" (which see), is rendered "prove" in Joh 6:6, "This he said to prove him." Both Greek words occur frequently in Apocrypha (Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus). the Revised Version (British and American) has "prove" for "tempt" (Ge 22:1); for, "make" (Job 24:25; Ga 2:18); for "manifest" (Ec 3:18); for "examine" (1Co 11:28); for "try" (1Co 3:13; 1 Joh 4:1), etc.
Written by W. L. Walker
A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g1381 | Greek: dokimazo |
Prove:
"to test, prove," with the expectation of approving, is translated "to prove" in Luk 14:19; Rom 12:2; 1Cr 3:13, RV (AV, "shall try"); 11:28, RV (AV, "examine"); 2Cr 8:8, 22; 13:5; Gal 6:4; Eph 5:10; 1Th 2:4 (2nd part), RV (AV, "trieth"); 5:21; 1Ti 3:10; in some mss. Hbr 3:9 (the most authentic
have the noun dokimasia, "a proving"); 1Pe 1:7, RV (AV, "tried"); 1Jo 4:1, RV (AV, "try").
See APPROVE.
A-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g584 | Greek: apodeiknumi |
A-3 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3936 | Greek: paristemi |
A-4 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3985 | Greek: peirazo |
Prove:
"to try," either in the sense of attempting, e.g., Act 16:7, or of testing, is rendered "to prove" in Jhn 6:6.
See EXAMINE, TEMPT.
A-5 | Verb | Strong's Number: g4822 | Greek: sumbibazo |
A-6 | Verb | Strong's Number: g4921 | Greek: sunistemi | sunistano |
Prove:
"to commend, to prove," is translated "I prove (myself a transgressor)" in Gal 2:18 (AV, "I make").
See COMMEND.
B-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g3986 | Greek: peirasmos |
Prove:
(a) "a trying, testing,"
(b) "a temptation," is used in sense (a) in 1Pe 4:12, with the preposition pros, "towards" or "with a view to," RV, "to prove" (AV, "to try"), lit., "for a testing."
See TEMPTATION.
Notes:
(1) In Luk 10:36, RV, ginomai, "to become, come to be," is translated "proved (neighbor)," AV, "was...;" so in Hbr 2:2.
(2) In Rom 3:9, AV, proatitiaomai, "to accuse beforehand," is translated "we have before proved" (marg., "charged"); for the RV, see CHARGE, C, No. 9.
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