Tested

Usually translated “approved”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• approved 7

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

• Romans 2
• 2 Corinthians 2
• 1 Corinthians 1
• 2 Timothy 1
• James 1

5 books in all.

• To test (bachan)

• Romans 16:10Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household.
• 1 Corinthians 11:19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
• 2 Corinthians 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
• 2 Corinthians 13:7Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
• 2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
• James 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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

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

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