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Strong's #0974 - בָּחַן
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2011) nhb (בההנ BHhN) AC: Examine CO: Watchtower AB: ?: A close and careful examination of a place or something. An inspection to determine effectiveness. [from: hb- examination to select a choice one]
V) nhb (בההנ BHhN) - Examine: To test, try or scrutinize. KJV (29): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual) try, prove, examine, tempt, trial - Strongs: H974 (בָּחַן)
Nm) nhb (בההנ BHhN) - Watchtower: A place of inspection. KJV (1): tower - Strongs: H975 (בַּחַן)
bm) nihb (בההינ BHhYN) - Watchtower: A place of inspection. KJV (1): tower - Strongs: H971 (בָּחִין)
cm) nfhb (בההונ BHhWN) - Watchtower: A place of inspection. KJV (1): tower - Strongs: H969 (בָּחוֹן)
gm) nhfb (בוההנ BWHhN) - Tested: Something that has been tested through inspection and found worthy. KJV (1): tried - Strongs: H976 (בֹּחַן)
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בָּחַן fut. יִבְחַן.
(1) to search out, to examine, to try, to prove, especially metals (like the syn. עָרַף), Jeremiah 9:6; Zechariah 13:9; Psalms 66:10 whence metaph. Job 23:10, בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא “let him prove me, I shall go forth like gold;” and neglecting the primary power, Job 12:11, הֲלֹא אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן “doth not the ear try words?” Job 34:3. Often
(a) used of God examining the hearts of men, Psalms 7:10, 17:3 Proverbs 17:3; Psalms 81:8 especially by sending calamities upon them, Job 7:18.
(b) used of men tempting God (i.q. נִסָּה), i.e. of unbelievers, Malachi 3:10, 15 Malachi 3:15; Psalms 95:9.
(2) to look out, to watch, i.q. צָפָה; whence בַּחַן, בַּחִין watch-towers. (Ch. בְּחַן, Syr. ܒܰܚܶܢ to examine. The Arabs have in this sense ملحن Conj. I, VIII. ب and م being interchanged; which prop. has the meaning, to rub, to rub upon; used in the sense of trying, proving by rubbing on the lapis Lydius, called in the Greek βάσανος, which appears to be a word formed from the Oriental בחן.)
Niphal, to be proved, tried, Genesis 42:15, 16 Genesis 42:16; Job 34:36.
Pual בֹּחַן id., Ezekiel 21:18, כִּי בֹחַן “because a trial is made;” compare Schnurrer on the passage; LXX. ὅτι δεδικαίωται. Others take בֹּחַן as a noun, trial, proof, sc. is made.
Derived nouns besides the following are בָּחוֹן, בַּחוּן, בַּחִין.
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