1) to examine, try, prove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to examine, scrutinise 1a2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God) 1b) (Niphal) to be tried, proved 1c) (Pual) to make a trial
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H974 — בָּחַן
ba.chan · to test · Hebrew/Aramaic
27 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 42:15 · תִּבָּחֵ֑נוּhereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.Genesis 42:16 · וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.1 Chronicles 29:17 · בֹּחֵ֣ןI know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.Job 7:18 · תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?Job 12:11 · תִּבְחָ֑ןDoth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?Job 23:10 · בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִיBut he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.Job 34:3 · תִּבְחָ֑ןFor the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.Job 34:36 · יִבָּחֵ֣ןWould that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.Psalm 7:9 · וּבֹחֵ֣ןOh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.Psalm 11:4 · יִ֝בְחֲנ֗וּJehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.Psalm 11:5 · יִ֫בְחָ֥ןJehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.Psalm 17:3 · בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּThou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.Psalm 26:2 · בְּחָנֵ֣נִיExamine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.Psalm 66:10 · בְחַנְתָּ֥נוּFor thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.Psalm 81:7 · אֶבְחָֽנְךָ֨Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [SelahPsalm 95:9 · בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִיWhen your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.Psalm 139:23 · בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִיSearch me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;Proverbs 17:3 · וּבֹחֵ֖ןThe refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.Jeremiah 6:27 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֖I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.Jeremiah 9:7 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֑יםTherefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?Jeremiah 11:20 · בֹּחֵ֥ןBut, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.Jeremiah 12:3 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֥But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.Jeremiah 17:10 · בֹּחֵ֣ןI, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.Jeremiah 20:12 · בֹּחֵ֣ןBut, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.Zechariah 13:9 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים · כִּבְחֹ֣ןAnd I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.Malachi 3:10 · וּבְחָנ֤וּנִיBring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.Malachi 3:15 · בָּחֲנ֛וּand now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.