0974 – בָּחַן (bachan)

to test

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	בָּחַן (bachan)
Pronunciation:	ba-chan    Listen
Gematria:	710(2 + 8 + 700)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	29 times in OT

Description

1) to examine, try, prove
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to examine, scrutinise
1a2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)
1b) (Niphal) to be tried, proved
1c) (Pual) to make a trial

Synonyms

Hebrew nasa refers to testing, while tsaraf refers to metals that are melted and tested. The meaning of bachan lies between these two words. In Ps 26:2, all three words are used.

בָּחַן	bachan		H0974	(29 ggr)	to test
נָסָה	nasah		H5254	(36 ggr)	to test
צָרַף	tsaraf		H6884	(33 ggr)	to refine

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with bachan as root:

בָּחוֹן	bachon	H0969	assayer
בַּ֫חַן	bachan	H0975	watchtower
בֹּ֫חַן	bochan	H0976	testing

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word bachan was translated to the following:

ἀνθίστημι	anthistemi	G0436	resist
διακρίνω	diakrino	G1252	doubt
δικαιόω	dikaioo	G1344	justify
δοκιμάζω	dokimazo	G1381	prove
ἐκλεκτός	eklektos	G1588	elect
ἐξετάζω	exetazo	G1833	search
ἐπισκέπτομαι	episkeptomai	G1980	visit
ἐπιστρέφω	epistrepho	G1994	turn
φαίνω	phaino	G5316	appear
φανερός	phaneros	G5318	manifest

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