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 kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether [there be any] 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 mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to 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? and the mouth taste his meat?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 mouth tasteth meat.Job 34:36 · יִבָּחֵ֣ןMy desire [is that] Job may be tried unto the end because of [his] answers for wicked men.Psalm 7:9 · וּבֹחֵ֣ןOh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.Psalm 11:4 · יִ֝בְחֲנ֗וּThe LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.Psalm 11:5 · יִ֫בְחָ֥ןThe LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.Psalm 17:3 · בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּThou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.Psalm 26:2 · בְּחָנֵ֣נִיExamine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.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. Selah.Psalm 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 fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.Jeremiah 6:27 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֖I have set thee [for] a tower [and] a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.Jeremiah 9:7 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֑יםTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?Jeremiah 11:20 · בֹּחֵ֥ןBut, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.Jeremiah 12:3 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֥But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.Jeremiah 17:10 · בֹּחֵ֣ןI the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.Jeremiah 20:12 · בֹּחֵ֣ןBut, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, [and] seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.Zechariah 13:9 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים · כִּבְחֹ֣ןAnd I will bring the third part through 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, The LORD [is] my God.Malachi 3:10 · וּבְחָנ֤וּנִיBring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD 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 set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered.