Prove

"to test, prove," with the expectation of approving, is translated "to prove" in Luk 14:19, Rom 12:2, 1Co 3:13, RV (AV, "shall try"); 1Co 11:28, RV (AV, "examine"); 2Co 8:8, 2Co 8:22, 2Co 13:5, Gal 6:4, Eph 5:10, 1Th 2:4 (2nd part), RV (AV, "trieth"); 1Th 5:21, 1Ti 3:10; in some mss. Heb 3:9 (the most authentic have the noun dokimasia, "a proving"); 1Pe 1:7, RV (AV, "tried"); 1Jo 4:1, RV (AV, "try"). See APPROVE.

"to show forth," signifies "to prove" in Act 25:7. See APPROVE, No. 3.

"to present," signifies "to prove" in Act 24:13. See COMMEND, No. 4.

"to try," either in the sense of attempting, e.g., Act 16:7, or of testing, is rendered "to prove" in Joh 6:6. See EXAMINE, TEMPT.

"to join together," signifies "to prove" in Act 9:22. See COMPACTED, No. 2.

"to commend, to prove," is translated "I prove (myself a transgressor)" in Gal 2:18 (AV, "I make"). See COMMEND.

(a) "a trying, testing," (b) "a temptation," is used in sense (a) in 1Pe 4:12, with the preposition pros, "towards" or "with a view to," RV, "to prove" (AV, "to try"), lit., "for a testing." See TEMPTATION.

Notes: (1) In Luk 10:36, RV, ginomai, "to become, come to be," is translated "proved (neighbor)," AV, "was...;" so in Heb 2:2. (2) In Rom 3:9, AV, proatitiaomai, "to accuse beforehand," is translated "we have before proved" (marg., "charged"); for the RV, see CHARGE, C, No. 9.