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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - בָּחַן

בָּחַן

H974

Transliteration: bâchan

Pronunciation: baw-khan'

Definition: examine


Original: בּחן

Transliteration: bâchan

Phonetic: baw-khan'

BDB Definition:

  1. to examine, try, prove
    1. (Qal)
      1. to examine, scrutinise
      2. to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)
    2. (Niphal) to be tried, proved
    3. (Pual) to make a trial

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 230

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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