בָּחַן (ba.chan) means “to test” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: baw-khan' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
בָּחַן · ba.chan · to test
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
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
a primitive root; to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
KJV glosses: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Open Scriptures transcription · CC BY-SA
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| test | 3 |
| test me | 3 |
| and test them | 2 |
| tests | 2 |
| who examines | 2 |
| and test | 1 |
| and test him | 1 |
| and tried me | 1 |
| and try | 1 |
| examine | 1 |
| have tested us | 1 |
| i examine | 1 |
| i tested | 1 |
| is the tester | 1 |
| may be tested | 1 |
| testing will come | 1 |
| were tried | 1 |
| when he has tested me | 1 |
| who searches | 1 |
| you have tried | 1 |
| you will be tested | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| try | 5 |
| trieth | 4 |
| that triest | 2 |
| a trial | 1 |
| and prove | 1 |
| and try | 1 |
| and will try | 1 |
| examine | 1 |
| hast proved | 1 |
| he hath tried | 1 |
| i proved | 1 |
| is tried | 1 |
| may be proved | 1 |
| may be tried | 1 |
| me and tried | 1 |
| me proved | 1 |
| tempt | 1 |
| that thou triest | 1 |
| them and try | 1 |
| thou hast proved | 1 |
| ye shall be proved | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 28 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Read word by wordSend one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Read word by wordI know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
Read word by wordthat You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
Read word by wordDoes not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Read word by wordYet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Read word by wordFor the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
Read word by wordIf only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
Read word by wordPut an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 7.10
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
Read word by wordThe LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
Read word by wordYou have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Read word by wordTest me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
Read word by wordFor You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Read word by wordYou called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 81.8
where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
Read word by wordSearch me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Read word by wordA crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Read word by word“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.6
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Read word by wordBut You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
Read word by wordI, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Read word by wordO LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Read word by wordSurely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.18
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Read word by wordBring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
Read word by wordSo now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Read word by wordData created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.
We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.
Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.
Open in Berean Blue