dokimazō (to test)

Meaning

Usually translated “do test”, “discern” and “prove”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

do test 3
to discern 2
to prove 2
they did see fit 1
approve 1
he approves 1
will prove 1
should examine 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Romans 4
1 Corinthians 3
2 Corinthians 3
Luke 2
1 Thessalonians 2
Galatians 1

11 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Luke 12:56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Luke 14:19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Romans 2:18And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
Romans 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 14:22Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

All 20 verses, by book

Luke 2: 12:56 14:19
Romans 4: 1:28 2:18 12:2 14:22
1 Corinthians 3: 3:13 11:28 16:3
2 Corinthians 3: 8:8 8:22 13:5
Galatians 1: 6:4
Ephesians 1: 5:10
Philippians 1: 1:10
1 Thessalonians 2: 2:4 5:21
1 Timothy 1: 3:10
1 Peter 1: 1:7
1 John 1: 4:1

Greek dictionary

δοκιμάζω dokimazō · to test

δοκιμάζω (δόκιμος), [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַן ;] 1. primarily of metals (Pro.8:10 17:3, Sir.2:5, Wis.3:6), to test, try, prove (in the hope and expectation that the test will prove successful, see reff. s. Syn.): χρυσίον, 1Pe.1:7; other things, Luk.12:56 14:19, 2Co.8:8, Gal.6:4, 1Th.2:4 5:21; τὰ διαφέροντα, Rom.2:18, Php.1:10 (R, mg., but see infr.); πνεύματα, 1Jn.4:1; of men, 1Ti.3:10 (pass.); ἑαυτόν, 1Co.11:28, 2Co.13:5; before subst. clause, Rom.12:2, 1Co.3:13, Eph.5:10 …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “test” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

TEST, noun

[Latin testa, an earthen pot.]

In metallurgy, a large cupel, or a vessel in the nature of a cupel, formed of wood ashes and finely powdered brick dust, in which metals are melted for trial and refinement.
Trial; examination by the cupel; hence, any critical trial and examination.
Means of trial.
That with which any thing is compared for proof of its genuineness; a standard.

All definitions and other forms of “test”

Discriminative characteristic; standard.
Judgment; distinction.
In chimistry, a substance employed to detect any unknown constituent of a compound, by causing it to exhibit some known property.

TEST, noun

[Latin testis, a witness, properly one that affirms.]

TEST, verb transitive

To compare with a standard; to try; to prove the truth or genuineness of any thing by experiment or by some fixed principle or standard; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.

To attest and date; as a writing tested on such a day.
In metallurgy, to refine gold or silver by means of lead, in a test by the destruction, vitrification or scarification of all extraneous matter.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.