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And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
Read in context →Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Read in context →3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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bâchan · baw-khan'
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
Strong's KJV usage: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Strong's first: Job 7:18Strong's last: Zechariah 13:9
Open full H974 profile →tsâraph · tsaw-raf'
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: cast, (re-) fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
Strong's first: Judges 7:4Strong's last: Daniel 11:35
Open full H6884 profile →dokimázō · dok-im-ad'-zo
to test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve
Strong's KJV usage: :--allow, discern, examine, X like, (ap-)prove, try.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 3:13Strong's last: 1 John 4:1
Open full G1381 profile →peirázō · pi-rad'-zo
to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
Strong's KJV usage: :--assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.
Strong's first: Revelation 3:10Strong's last: Revelation 3:10
Open full G3985 profile →peirasmós · pi-ras-mos'
a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity
Strong's KJV usage: :--temptation, X try.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 4:12Strong's last: 1 Peter 4:12
Open full G3986 profile →châqar · khaw-kar'
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
Strong's KJV usage: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
Strong's first: Lamentations 3:40Strong's last: Lamentations 3:40
Open full H2713 profile →nâçâh · naw-saw'
to test; by implication, to attempt
Strong's KJV usage: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 32:31Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 32:31
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Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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TRY, verb intransitive To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort; to attempt. try to learn; try to lift a weight. The horses tried to draw the load. [These phrases give the true sense.]
TRY, verb transitive To examine; to make experiment on; to prove by experiment.
Come, try upon yourselves what you have seen me.
1. To experience; to have knowledge by experience of.
Or try the Libyan heat, or Scythian cold.
2. To prove by a test; as, to try weights and measures by a standard; to try one's opinions by the divine oracles.
3. To act upon as a test.
The fire sev'n times tried this.
4. To examine judicially by witnesses and the principles of law; as causes tried in court.
5. To essay; to attempt.
Let us try advent'rous work.
6. To purify; to refine; as silver seven times tried.
7. To search carefully into. Psalms 11:4.
8. To use as means; as, to try remedies for a disease.
9. To strain; as, to try the eyes; the literal sense of the word.
To try tallow, etc. is to melt and separate it from the membranes.
To tryout, to pursue efforts till a decision is obtained.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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