tested

Greek Adjective

δοκίμιος, -α, -ον (δοκιμή), [in LXX: ἀργύριον δ. (עֲלִיל), Psa.12:6; and as seel. for δόκιμος (B), ἀργυρίου δ. (זָקַק pual.), 1Ch.29:4 (Bab); εἰ δ.ίστιν (יְקָר), Zec.11:13 א with a vid, Q *)*;] = δόκιμος, tested, approved: τὸ δ. ὑμῶν τ. πίστεως, that which is approved in your faith, 1Pe.1:7 (where Hort suggests the seel. δόκιμος, found in some cursives), Jas.1:3 (but see Mayor, in l For full discussion of this word, not hitherto found in a Gk. Lexicon, and for exx. of its use in π, see Deiss. (to whom is due the credit of its discovery), BS, 259 ff; MM, Exp., xi; cf. also Milligan, NTD, 76). δόκιμος, -ον (δέκομαι = δέχομαι) [in LXX for זָקַק pual, etc;] primarily of metals, tested, accepted, approved: of persons, Rom.14:18 16:10, 1Co.11:19, 2Co.10:18 13:7, 2Ti.2:15, Jas.1:12 (Cremer, 212, 697). (AS)

tested

Greek Adjective

δόκῐμ-ος, ον (Doric dialect α, ον [Refs], (δέχομαι) acceptable: hence, 1) of persons, trustworthy, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; approved, esteemed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι most approved by Hellas, her noblest son, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, of approved ability to do, δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις. εἴργειν [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) of things, excellent, τὸ ἔαρ -ώτατον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; notable, considerable, ποταμός [Refs]; approved, κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ. [Refs]; δ. ἀργύριον legal tender, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕμνος acceptable, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) adverb -μως really, genuinely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

properly, acceptable (current after assayal), i.e. approved; approved, tried; from g1380 (δοκέω)