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 ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this—except by your young brother coming hither;Genesis 42:16 · וְיִבָּֽחֲנוּ֙send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not—Pharaoh liveth! surely ye are spies;’1 Chronicles 29:17 · בֹּחֵ֣ן‘And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.Job 7:18 · תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?Job 12:11 · תִּבְחָ֑ןDoth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?Job 23:10 · בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִיFor He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me—as gold I go forth.Job 34:3 · תִּבְחָ֑ןFor the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.Job 34:36 · יִבָּחֵ֣ןMy Father! let Job be tried—unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,Psalm 7:9 · וּבֹחֵ֣ןLet, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.Psalm 11:4 · יִ֝בְחֲנ֗וּJehovah is in his holy temple: Jehovah—in the heavens is His throne. His eyes see—His eyelids try the sons of men.Psalm 11:5 · יִ֫בְחָ֥ןJehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,Psalm 17:3 · בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּThou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.Psalm 26:2 · בְּחָנֵ֣נִיTry me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.Psalm 66:10 · בְחַנְתָּ֥נוּFor Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.Psalm 81:7 · אֶבְחָֽנְךָ֨In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.Psalm 95:9 · בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִיWhere your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.Psalm 139:23 · בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִיSearch me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,Proverbs 17:3 · וּבֹחֵ֖ןA refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.Jeremiah 6:27 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֖A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.Jeremiah 9:7 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֑יםTherefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?Jeremiah 11:20 · בֹּחֵ֥ןAnd O Jehovah of Hosts, judging righteousness, Trying reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance against them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.’Jeremiah 12:3 · וּבָחַנְתָּ֥And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.Jeremiah 17:10 · בֹּחֵ֣ןI Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.Jeremiah 20:12 · בֹּחֵ֣ןAnd, O Jehovah of Hosts, trier of the righteous, Beholder of reins and heart, I do see Thy vengeance out of them, For unto Thee I have revealed my cause.Zechariah 13:9 · וּבְחַנְתִּ֖ים · כִּבְחֹ֣ןAnd I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, ‘My people it is,’ And it saith, ‘Jehovah is my God!’Malachi 3:10 · וּבְחָנ֤וּנִיBring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.Malachi 3:15 · בָּחֲנ֛וּAnd now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.’