δοκιμάζω

dokimavzw dokimavzw; (future
dokimavsw); 1 aorist
ejdokivmasav; passive, (present
dokimavzomai); perfect
dedokivmasmai; (
dovkimo"); the Septuagint chiefly for @j'B;; as in Greek writings from (Herodotus, Thucydides), Xenophon, and Plato onward, to try;1. to test, examine, prove, scrutinize (to see whether a thing be genuine or not), as metals:
crusivon
diav
purov" (Isocrates, p. 240 d. (i. e. Panathen. sec. 14); ad Demon., p. 7 b. (here Bekker
basanivzomen); the Septuagint, ; ; Sap. ;
a[rguron, (cf. )), ; other things: ; ; ; ; ; ;
tav
diafevronta, ; (others refer these passages to 2; see
diafevrw, 2 b.); men, (in the passive);
eJautovn, ; (cf.
ejxetavzein
eJautovn, Xenophon, mem. 2, 5, 1 and 4);
Qeovn, (R G, from (); on the sense of the phrase see
peiravzw, 2 d.
b.);
tav
pneuvmata, followed by
eij whether etc. ; followed by indirect discourse, ; ; .2. to recognize as genuine after examination, to approve, deem worthy: ;
tina
spoudai'on
o[nta, ;
ejn
w|/
dokimavzei for
ejn
touvtw/,
oJ
dokimavzei in that which he approves, deems right, ;
dedokimavsmeqa
uJpov
tou'
Qeou'
pisteuqh'nai
tov
eujaggevlion we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the business of pointing out to men the way of salvation, ; our
oujk
ejdokivmasan
tovn
Qeovn
e[cein
ejn
ejpignwvsei they did not think God worthy to be kept in knowledge, . (On
dokimavzw (as compared with
peiravzw) see Trench, sec. lxxiv.; Cremer, under the word
peiravzw. Compare:
ajpodokimavzw.)*