Word Origin
from dokimos
Definition
(the process or result of) trial, proving, approval
NASB Translation
ordeal (1), proof (2), proven character (2), proven worth (1), test (1).

STRONGS NT 1382: δοκιμή

δοκιμή, δοκιμῆς, ἡ (dokimos];);

1. in an active sense, a proving, trial: θλίψεως, through affliction, 2 Corinthians 8:2.

2. approvedness, tried character: Romans 5:4; 2 Corinthians 2:9; Philippians 2:22; τῆς διακονίας, exhibited in the contribution, 2 Corinthians 9:13.

3. "a proof (objectively], a specimen of (Dioscorides (?) 4, 186 (183); occasionally in ecclesiastical writings.)

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