{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H974",
  "lemma": "בָּחַן",
  "transliteration": "bâchan",
  "definition": "to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate",
  "kjv": "examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).",
  "occurrences": 29,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בָּחַן] vb. examine, try",
    "Qal",
    "1. examine, scrutinize, try",
    "2. prove, test, try",
    "Niph. to be tried, proved",
    "Pu. the trial has been made"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:15",
      "text": "By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 42:16",
      "text": "Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 6:27",
      "text": "“I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 9:6",
      "text": "Therefore the LORD of Hosts says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/9?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 11:20",
      "text": "But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/11?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 12:3",
      "text": "But you, LORD, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/12?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 17:10",
      "text": "“I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 20:12",
      "text": "But the LORD of Hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/20?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 21:18",
      "text": "“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord GOD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zechariah 13:9",
      "text": "I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/13?v=9"
    }
  ],
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