Strong's H974 · Hebrew
בָּחַן
bâchan · /baw-khan'/
Definition
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
KJV: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Root / derivation: a primitive root;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered בָּחַן across 28 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
28 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis2 verses
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Genesis 42:16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. kept: Heb. bound
Job5 verses
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
Job 12:11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? mouth: Heb. palate
Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. that: Heb. that is with me
Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. mouth: Heb. palate
Job 34:36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. My: or, My father, let Job be tried
Psalms9 verses
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Psalms 11:5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 26:2Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms 81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. Meribah: or, Strife
Psalms 95:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Proverbs1 verse
Jeremiah6 verses
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Jeremiah 9:7Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Jeremiah 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Jeremiah 12:3But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. toward: Heb. with thee
Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah 20:12But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Malachi2 verses
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. pour: Heb. empty out
Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. are set up: Heb. are built
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H974 (bâchan) mean?
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
How many times does H974 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H974 (בָּחַן) appears in 28 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “try.”
How is bâchan translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H974 is rendered as “try” (8×), “proved” (6×), “tried” (4×), “trieth” (4×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word בָּחַן come from?
a primitive root;