Dictionary entry

δοκίμιος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δοκίμιος, -α, -ον

(< δοκιμή), [in LXX: ἀργύριον δ. (עֲלִיל), Ps 11(12):6; and as v.l. for δόκιμος (B), ἀργυρίου δ. (זקק pu.), I Ch 29:4 (Bab); εἰ δ. ἐστιν (יְקָר), Za 11:13אc a vid, Q *)*;]

= δόκιμος,

tested, approved: τὸ δ. ὑμῶν τ. πίστεως, that which is approved in your faith, I Pe 1:7 (where Hort suggests the v.l. δόκιμος, found in some cursives), Ja 1:3 (but v. Mayor, in l. For full discussion of this word, not hitherto found in a Gk. Lexicon, and for exx. of its use in π., v. Deiss. (to whom is due the credit of its discovery), BS, 259 ff.; MM, Exp., xi; cf. also Milligan, NTD, 76).†