δοκιμάζω
(< δόκιμος), [in LXX chiefly for בּחן;]
1. primarily of metals (Pr 8:1017:3, Si 2:5, Wi 3:6), to test, try, prove (in the hope and expectation that the test will prove successful, v. reff. s. Syn.): χρυσίον, I Pe 1:7; other things, Lk 12:5614:19, II Co 8:8, Ga 6:4, I Th 2:45:21; τὰ διαφέροντα, Ro 2:18, Phl 1:10 (R, mg., but v. infr.); πνεύματα, I Jo 4:1; of men, I Ti 3:10 (pass.); ἑαυτόν, I Co 11:28, II Co 13:5; seq. subst. clause, Ro 12:2, I Co 3:13, Eph 5:10.
2. As the result of trial, to approve, think fit: Ro 1:2814:22, I Co 16:3, II Co 8:22, I Th 2:4 (δεδοκιμάσμεθα); τὰ διαφέροντα, Ro 2:18, Phl 1:10, R, txt. (but v. supr.; cf. διαφέρω).†
SYN.: πειράζω (v. Tr., Syn., lxxiv; Cremer, 494 ff., 699 ff.).