δοκιμάζω
dokimazō
to test
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek verb δοκιμάζω (dokimazō) is translated as "to test". This verb has 22 occurrences in the Bible, indicating a fair amount of significance in its usage across different contexts. Upon closer inspection, dokimazō is used in a variety of scenarios that involve evaluation or scrutiny, often with the goal of assessing the quality or authenticity of something. In some instances, the verb is paired with words that convey a sense of trial or investigation, implying that the testing is not merely casual, but rather thorough and rigorous. The frequency and diversity of dokimazō's use in the Bible suggest that trustworthiness, reliability, and authenticity are crucial themes associated with this verb. Its application extends to human intentions, moral character, and even the genuineness of spiritual experiences and divine communications.
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Occurrences in Scripture
22 total occurrences across the text
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
Luke 12:56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
Luke 14:19“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
Romans 1:28Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Romans 2:18know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,
Romans 12:2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Romans 14:22Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn’t judge himself in that which he approves.
1 Corinthians 3:13each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
1 Corinthians 11:28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
1 Corinthians 16:3When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.
2 Corinthians 8:22We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
2 Corinthians 13:5Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
Galatians 6:4But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.
Ephesians 5:10proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
Philippians 1:10so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
1 Thessalonians 2:4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak: not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak: not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 5:21Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
1 Timothy 3:10Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
1 Peter 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
1 John 4:1Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.