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Lexicon :: Strong's H974 - bāḥan

Aa
בָּחַן
Transliteration
bāḥan
Pronunciation
baw-khan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 230

Strong’s Definitions

בָּחַן bâchan, baw-khan'; a primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate:—examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H974 in the following manner: try (19x), prove (7x), examine (1x), tempt (1x), trial (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H974 in the following manner: try (19x), prove (7x), examine (1x), tempt (1x), trial (1x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּחַן bâchan, baw-khan'; a primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate:—examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
STRONGS H974: Abbreviations
† [בָּחַן] verb examine, try (compare Aramaic בְּחַן, Syriac bdb010308, try, examine; Arabic bdb010309 I. VIII. test, compare WSG 65) —
Qal Perfect suffix בְּחָנַ֫נִי Job 23:10, בָּחַנְתָּ Psalm 17:3 + 7 times; Imperfect יִבְחָ֑ן Psalm 11:5 + 5 times; Imperative suffix בְּחָנֵנִי Psalm 26:2 + 2 times; Infinitive בְּחֹן Zechariah 13:9; Participle בֹּחֵן Jeremiah 11:20 + 5 times (|| צרף, נסה); —
1. examine, scrutinize, try Psalm 11:5; Psalm 139:23; Job 7:18; אָדָם בְנֵי יִבְחֲנוּ עַפְעַפָּיו His eyelids try the children of men (search them through and through) Psalm 11:4.
2. prove, test, try.
a. with the metaphor of gold Job 23:10; וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּבְחֹן אֶתהַֿזָּהָב and I will try them as one tries gold Zechariah 13:9.
b. without metaphor, of God testing persons Psalm Zech 26:2; Zech 66:10; Zech 81:8; Jeremiah 9:6; their ways Jeremiah 6:27; the לֵב Psalm 17:3; Jeremiah 12:3; Proverbs 17:3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; reins Jeremiah 17:10; heart and reins Psalm 7:10; Jeremiah 11:20 (= Jeremiah 20:12).
c. of man testing or tempting God Psalm 95:9; Malachi 3:10, 15.
d. the ear trying words Job 12:11 = Job 34:3.
Niph. Imperfect יִבָּחֵן Job 34:36; Genesis 42:15, 16, to be tried, proved.
Pu. בֹּחַן Ezekiel 21:18 the trial has been made (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Ges MV Ew Ke, but noun בֹּ֫חַן MT Symm HaEv.; read בְּחֵן with grace, favour, Hi Co).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

42:15; 42:16

1 Chronicles

29:17

Job

7:18; 12:11; 23:10; 23:10; 34:3; 34:36

Psalms

7:10; 11:4; 11:5; 11:5; 17:3; 17:3; 26:2; 95:9; 139:23

Proverbs

17:3

Jeremiah

6:27; 9:6; 11:20; 11:20; 12:3; 17:10; 20:12

Ezekiel

21:18

Zechariah

13:9; 13:9

Malachi

3:10; 3:15

H974

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H974 matches the Hebrew בָּחַן (bāḥan),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10 - For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:3 - For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 - The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:3 - You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:2 - Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:10 - For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:9 - When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:23 - O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 - So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:3 - But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10 - I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:15 - And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
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