noun · feminine
dokimas
Strong’sG1382
a trial, proof; tried, approved character
stem dokim-7 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† δοκιμή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< δόκιμος), [in Sm.: Ps 67 (68):31 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1382 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddok-ee-may'
test (abstractly or concretely); by implication, trustiness
Fromfrom the same as G1384;
King Jamesexperience(-riment), proof, trial.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
proof, test, interpolated in Refs 1st c.AD+
2 tried or approved character, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dokimas1×δοκιμὴ | dokimais |
| object accusative | dokiman4×δοκιμὴν | dokimain |
| direct address vocative | dokimar | dokimair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dokimau1×δοκιμῆς | dokimaiu |
| to, for dative | dokima1×δοκιμῇ | dokimai |
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
dokima 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
dokimas“character”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 5:4tas de hupomonas dokiman, tas de dokimas elpidan.perseverance, character; and character, hope.
dokiman“test”objectaccusative singular4×
Romans 5:4tas de hupomonas dokiman, tas de dokimas elpidan.perseverance, character; and character, hope.
2 Corinthians 2:9… gar kai grafama hina gnōskameia tan dokiman vu, ei eis panteim hupēkoois avō.… see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
2 Corinthians 13:3epei dokiman zētavō tou en mi lalarōntou Christou; …since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me …
Philippians 2:22“proven character”tan de dokiman autou gnōskavō, hoti hōs patro teknem …But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has …
dokimau“proof”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Corinthians 9:13dia tau dokimau tau diakoniau houtau doxazarōntois ton theon …Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will …
dokima“trial”to, fordative singular1×
2 Corinthians 8:2“trial”hoti en polla dokima thlipsiau tas perisseias tau charau autoiu …In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep …