Strong's Lexicon
G1382 — δοκιμή
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1382 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δοκιμή |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1380 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | dokime |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dok-ee-may' |
| Meaning: | 1. test 2. (by implication) trustiness {abstractly or concretely} |
| KJV Renderings: | experience(-riment), proof, trial |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δοκιμή, δοκιμῆς, ἡ (dokimos];);
1. in an active sense, a proving, trial: θλίψεως, through affliction, 2Co 8:2.
2. approvedness, tried character: Rom 5:4; 2Co 2:9; Php 2:22; τῆς διακονίας, exhibited in the contribution, 2Co 9:13.
3. "a proof (objectively], a specimen of (Dioscorides (?) 4, 186 (183); occasionally in ecclesiastical writings.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δοκιμή (experience(-riment))
Romans 5:4
2 Corinthians 2:9
- KJV: For to this end also did I write that I might know the proof of you whether ye be obedient in all things
- GK: εις τούτο γαρ και έγραψα ίνα γνω την δοκιμήν υμών ει εις πάντα υπήκοοί εστε
2 Corinthians 8:2
- KJV: How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality
- GK: ότι εν πολλή δοκιμή θλίψεως η περισσεία της χαράς αυτών και η κατά βάθους πτωχεία αυτών επερίσσευσεν εις τον πλούτον της απλότητος αυτών
2 Corinthians 9:13
- KJV: Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ and liberal distribution unto them and unto all
- GK: διά της δοκιμής της διακονίας ταύτης δοξάζοντες τον θεόν επί τη υποταγή της ομολογίας υμών εις το ευαγγέλιον του χριστού και απλότητι της κοινωνίας εις αυτούς και εις πάντας
2 Corinthians 13:3
- KJV: Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me which to you-ward is not weak but is mighty in you
- GK: επεί δοκιμήν ζητείτε του εν εμοί λαλούντος χριστού ος εις υμάς ουκ ασθενεί αλλά δυνατεί εν υμίν
Philippians 2:22
- KJV: But ye know the proof of him that as a son with the father he hath served with me in the gospel
- GK: την δε δοκιμήν αυτού γινώσκετε ότι ως πατρί τέκνον συν εμοί εδούλευσεν εις το ευαγγέλιον
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