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בָּחַן
bâchan · Hebrew · Strong's H974 · 29 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “try”
What it means
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
examine, prove, tempt, try
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“try”
Questions this word decides
Where it appears
29 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 28 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 29:17 HVqrmsaEzekiel 21:13 HVPp3msGenesis 42:15 HVNi2mpGenesis 42:16 HC/VNi3mpJeremiah 6:27 HC/Vqq2msJeremiah 9:7 HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3mpJeremiah 11:20 HVqrmsaJeremiah 12:3 HC/Vqq2msJeremiah 17:10 HVqrmsaJeremiah 20:12 HVqrmsaJob 7:18 HVqi2ms/Sp3msJob 12:11 HVqi3fsJob 23:10 HVqp3ms/Sp1csJob 34:3 HVqi3fsJob 34:36 HVNi3msMalachi 3:10 HC/Vqv2mp/Sp1csMalachi 3:15 HVqp3cpProverbs 17:3 HC/VqrmsaPsalm 7:9 HC/VqrmsaPsalm 11:4 HVqi3mpPsalm 11:5 HVqi3msPsalm 17:3 HVqp2msPsalm 26:2 HVqv2ms/Sp1csPsalm 66:10 HVqp2ms/Sp1cpPsalm 81:7 HVqi1cs/Sp2msPsalm 95:9 HVqp3cp/Sp1csPsalm 139:23 HVqv2ms/Sp1csZechariah 13:9 HC/Vqq1cs/Sp3mp
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.