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 · תִּבָּחֵ֑נוּBy this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.Genesis 42:16 · וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”1 Chronicles 29:17 · בֹּחֵ֣ןI know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.Job 7:18 · תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?Job 12:11 · תִּבְחָ֑ןDoesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?Job 23:10 · בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִיBut he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.Job 34:3 · תִּבְחָ֑ןFor the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.Job 34:36 · יִבָּחֵ֣ןI wish that Job were tried to 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 the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.Psalm 11:4 · יִ֝בְחֲנ֗וּYahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.Psalm 11:5 · יִ֫בְחָ֥ןYahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.Psalm 17:3 · בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּYou have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.Psalm 26:2 · בְּחָנֵ֣נִיExamine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.Psalm 66:10 · בְחַנְתָּ֥נוּFor you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.Psalm 81:7 · אֶבְחָֽנְךָ֨You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah.Psalm 95:9 · בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִיwhen your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.Psalm 139:23 · בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִיSearch me, 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 Yahweh tests the hearts.Jeremiah 6:27 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֖“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.Jeremiah 9:7 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֑יםTherefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?Jeremiah 11:20 · בֹּחֵ֥ןBut, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.Jeremiah 12:3 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֥But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.Jeremiah 17:10 · בֹּחֵ֣ןI, Yahweh, 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, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.Zechariah 13:9 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים · כִּבְחֹ֣ןI will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”Malachi 3:10 · וּבְחָנ֤וּנִיBring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.Malachi 3:15 · בָּחֲנ֛וּNow we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’