# H974 בָּחַן

בָּחַן (bâchan), Strong’s H974: to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate KJV: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).. Occurs 29 times.

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*bâchan* — to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate

KJV: examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).

Occurs 29 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [בָּחַן] vb. examine, try
- Qal
- 1 examine, scrutinize, try
- 2 prove, test, try
- Niph. to be tried, proved
- Pu. the trial has been made

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 42:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=15) — By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes…
- [Genesis 42:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=16) — Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is…
- [Jeremiah 6:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/6?v=27) — “I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way.
- [Jeremiah 9:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/9?v=6) — Therefore the LORD of Hosts says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of…
- [Jeremiah 11:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/11?v=20) — But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to…
- [Jeremiah 12:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/12?v=3) — But you, LORD, know me. You see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and…
- [Jeremiah 17:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=10) — “I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of…
- [Jeremiah 20:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/20?v=12) — But the LORD of Hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for…
- [Ezekiel 21:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=18) — “For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord GOD.
- [Zechariah 13:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/13?v=9) — I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is…