noun · feminine
dokimasias
Greekδοκιμασία (dokimasia)
Strong’sG1381
a testing, scrutiny
stem dokimasi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** δοκιμασία, -ας, ἡ
(< δοκιμάζω), [in LXX: Si 6:21 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1381 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddok-im-ad'-zo
to test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve
Fromfrom G1384;
King Jamesallow, discern, examine, X like, (ap-)prove, try.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dokimasias | dokimasiais |
| object accusative | dokimasian | dokimasiain |
| direct address vocative | dokimasiar | dokimasiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dokimasiau | dokimasiaiu |
| to, for dative | dokimasia1×δοκιμασίᾳ | dokimasiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
dokimasia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
dokimasia“tried”to, fordative singular1×
Hebrews 3:9“tried”hou peirazala tois patērois vu en dokimasia kai horala teim ergeim muwhere your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.