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Strong's Number H974

בָּחַן
bachan · baw-khan'
Transliteration:
bachan{baw-khan'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
230
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
Usage in the KJV:
try 19, prove 7, examine 1, tempt 1, trial 1

Total: 29
Occurs 29 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  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
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament