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δοκιμασίαStrong’s G6020

dokimasia

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Dokimasia is the Greek word usually translated “testing”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.”
Hebrews 3:9 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • testing 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Hebrews 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    δοκιμασία dokimasia · examination

    δοκιμασία, -ας, ἡ (δοκιμάζω), [in LXX: Sir.6:21 * ;] a testing, proving: Heb.3:9 (LXX).† SYN.: πειράζω (see Tr., Syn., LXXiv; Cremer, 494 ff., 699 ff.). (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    EXAMINA'TION, noun

    [Latin examinatio. See Examen.]

    1. The act of examining; a careful search or inquiry, with a view to discover truth or the real state of things; careful and accurate inspection of a thing and its parts; as an examination of a house or a ship.
    2. Mental inquiry; disquisition; careful consideration of the circumstances or facts which relate to a subject or question; a view of qualities and relations, and an estimate of their nature and importance.
    3. Trial by a rule or law.
    4. In judicial proceedings, a careful inquiry into facts by testimony; an attempt to ascertain truth by inquiries and interrogatories; as the examination of a witness or the merits of a cause.
    All definitions
    1. In seminaries of learning, an inquiry into the acquisitions of the students, by questioning them in literature and the sciences, and by hearing their recitals.
    2. In chimistry and other sciences, a searching for the nature and qualities of substances, by experiments; the practice or application of the docimastic art.

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

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.