adjective
dokimos
Strong’sG1384
approved, acceptable
stem dokim-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 26 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.
δόκιμος, -ον
(< δέκομαι = δέχομαι) [in LXX for זקק pu., etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1384 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddok'-ee-mos
properly, acceptable (current after assayal), i.e. approved
Fromfrom G1380;
King Jamesapproved, tried.
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
(Doric dialect α, ον Refs, (δέχομαι) acceptable: hence,
1 of persons, trustworthy, Refs 1st c.AD+; approved, esteemed, Refs 5th c.BC+; δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι most approved by Hellas, her noblest son, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, of approved ability to do.., δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις.. εἴργειν Refs 4th c.BC+
2 of things, excellent, τὸ ἔαρ -ώτατον Refs 5th c.BC+; notable, considerable, ποταμός Refs; approved, κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ. Refs; δ. ἀργύριον legal tender, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὕμνος acceptable, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 adverb -μως really, genuinely, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dokimos3×δόκιμος | dokimas | dokimem | dokimois2×δόκιμοι | dokimais | dokimeim |
| object accusative | dokimon2×δόκιμον | dokiman | dokimoin | dokimain | ||
| direct address vocative | dokimor | dokimar | dokimoir | dokimair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | dokimou | dokimau | dokimeu | dokimoiu | dokimaiu | dokimeiu |
| to, for dative | dokimo | dokima | dokime | dokimoi | dokimai | dokimei |
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
dokim 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
dokimos“approved”subjectnominative singular3×
Romans 14:18… to Christo euarestos to theo kai dokimos toi anthrōpoi.… way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
2 Corinthians 10:18… gar tos heauton sustēarōntos, ekeinos atō dokimos, alla hon tos kurios sustēatō.… one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord …
James 1:12“approved”Makarios andros hos hupomenatō peirasmon, hoti dokimos generantos labeti ton stefanon tau zōau, …Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God …
dokimon“approved”objectaccusative singular2×
Romans 16:10aspazevar Apellon ton dokimon en Christo. aspazevar toin ek toiu …Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong …
2 Timothy 2:15spoudazasar siauton dokimon parastēara to theo, ergaton anepaischunton, orthotomarōnton …Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who …
dokimois“approved”subjectnominative plural2×
1 Corinthians 11:19… en vi arō, hina kai tois dokimois fanerois geneleia en vi.… to show which of you are approved.
2 Corinthians 13:7“approved”… vin kakosem mēdenem, ouk hina nis dokimois fanineia, alla hina vis tem kalem …… God that you will not do anything wrong — not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if …