δοκίμιον
dokímion · G1383 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to test, to examine, to try to determine the genuineness of, testing
To try to learn the genuineness of something by examination and testing, often through actual use
ExamplesJames 1:3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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genuineness, genuine
Genuineness on the basis of having been tested
Examples1 Peter 1:7 so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which perishes though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πολύτιμοςvaluable 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- εὑρίσκωto find, to discover 1
- κατεργάζομαιto work out, to produce 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To test, to examine, to try to determine the genuineness of, testing27.45
- Used of the process a person's faith undergoes, as of the testing of faith producing endurance in James 1:3.
- Genuineness, genuine73.3
- Used of the authentic quality faith is shown to possess through testing, as of the proven genuineness of faith, more precious than gold tested by fire, resulting in praise, glory, and honor at Christ's revelation in 1 Peter 1:7.
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon δοκιμιου, τό (dokimee]; 1. equivalent to τό δοκιμάζειν, the proving: τῆς πίστεως, Jas…
1. equivalent to τό δοκιμάζειν, the proving: τῆς πίστεως, Jas 1:3.
2. that by which something is tried or proved, a test: Dionysius Halicarnassus ars rhet. 11; γλῶσσα γεύσεως δοκίμιον, Longinus, de sublima. 32, 5; δοκίμιον δέ στρατιωτῶν κάματος, Herodian, 2, 10, 12 (6, Bekker edition); in the Sept. of a crucible or furnace for smelting: Prov 27:21; Ps 11:7.
3. equivalent to δοκιμή, 2: ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, your proved faith, 1 Pet 1:7. This word is treated of fully by Fritzsche in his Praliminarien as above with, pp. 40, 44.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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