בָּחַן (bāḥan) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning examine. It appears
29 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H974).
Also rendered
to test
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 230)
Range of meaning (TWOT 230)examine, try; scrutinize, prove, test; to be tried, proved; the trial has been made; investigate; tempt
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
בָּחַןverb: examine, try
Qal
1.examine, scrutinize, try
2.prove, test, try
Niphalto be tried, proved
Pualthe trial has been made
Strong's H974בָּחַן: to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate KJV:examine, prove, tempt, try (trial).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.