Lexical Summary dokimion: a testing Original Word: δοκίμιονTransliteration: dokimion Phonetic Spelling: (dok-im'-ee-on) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a testing Meaning: a testing Strong's Concordance trial, trying. Neuter of a presumed derivative of dokime; a testing; by implication, trustworthiness -- trial, trying. see GREEK dokime Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1383: δοκίμιονδοκίμιον, δοκιμιου, τό (dokimee]; 1. equivalent to τό δοκιμάζειν, the proving: τῆς πίστεως, James 1:3. 2. that by which something is tried or proved, a test: Dionysius Halicarnassus ars rhet. 11; γλῶσσα γεύσεως δοκίμιον, Longinus, de sublima. 32, 5; δοκίμιον δέ στρατιωτῶν κάματος, Herodian, 2, 10, 12 (6, Bekker edition); in the Sept. of a crucible or furnace for smelting: Proverbs 27:21; Psalm 11:7 3. equivalent to δοκιμή, 2: ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, your proved faith, 1 Peter 1:7. This word is treated of fully by Fritzsche in his Praliminarien as above with, pp. 40, 44. |
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