δοκιμάζω

δοκιμάζω

(δόκιμος), [in LXX chiefly for בָּחַן ;]

1. primarily of metals (Ord 8,10; 17,3, Sir 2,5, Wis 3,6), to test, try, prove (in the hope and expectation that the test will prove successful, see reff. s. Syn.): χρυσίον, 1 Pet 1,7 other things, Luk 12,56; 14,19, 2 Kor 8,8, Gal 6,4, 1 Thess 2,4; 5,21; τὰ διαφέροντα, Rom 2,18, Fil 1,10 (R, mg., but see infr.); πνεύματα, 1 Joh 4,1 of men, 1 Tim 3,10 (pass.); ἑαυτόν, 1 Kor 11,28, 2 Kor 13,5; before subst. clause, Rom 12,2, 1 Kor 3,13, Ef 5,10

2. As the result of trial, to approve, think fit: Rom 1,28; 14,22, 1 Kor 16,3, 2 Kor 8,22, 1 Thess 2,4 (δεδοκιμάσμεθα); τὰ διαφέροντα, Rom 2,18, Fil 1,10, R, txt. (but see supr.; cf. διαφέρω).†