בָּחַןbâchan
examine, try
Pronunciation: baw-khan' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H974
Meanings
Qal
1. examine, scrutinize, try (Psalms 11:5; Psalms 139:23; Job 7:18)
2. prove, test, try
a. and I will try them as one tries gold (Job 23:10; Zechariah 13:9)
Niph`al: to be tried, proved (Job 34:36; Genesis 42:15; Genesis 42:16)
Pu`al: the trial has been made (Ezekiel 21:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 42:15 This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here!
- Genesis 42:16 One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:17 I know, my God, that you examine our hearts and rejoice when you find integrity there. You know I have done all this with good motives, and I have watched your people offer their gifts willingly and joyously.
- Job 7:18 For you examine us every morning and test us every moment.
- Job 12:11 The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.
- Job 23:10 “But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).