בָּחַן
bâchan · baw-khan'
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
- to test (especially metals)
- generally, and figuratively, to investigate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within that works to separate and protect of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּחַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- trieth4 · 14%
- try3 · 10%
- and try2 · 7%
- that triest2 · 7%
- ye shall be proved1 · 3%
- may be proved1 · 3%
- that thou triest1 · 3%
- when he hath tried1 · 3%
- may be tried1 · 3%
- thou hast proved1 · 3%
- examine1 · 3%
- hast proved1 · 3%
- i proved1 · 3%
- me, proved1 · 3%
- them, and try1 · 3%
- me, and tried1 · 3%
- i try1 · 3%
- because it is a trial1 · 3%
- and will try1 · 3%
- is tried1 · 3%
- and prove1 · 3%
- yea, they that tempt1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.