Lexicon :: Strong's G1384 - dokimos
δόκιμος
Transliteration
dokimos
(Key)
Pronunciation
dok'-ee-mos
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids
Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 2:255,183
KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1384 in the following manner: approved (6x), tried (1x).
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accepted, particularly of coins and money.
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accepted, pleasing, acceptable
"In the ancient world there was no banking system as we know it today, and no paper money. All money was made from metal, heated until liquid, poured into moulds and allowed to cool. When the coins were cooled, it was necessary to smooth off the uneven edges. The coins were comparatively soft, and of course many people shaved them closely. In one century, more than eighty laws were passed in Athens to stop the practice of whittling down the coins then in circulation. But some money-changers were men of integrity, who would accept no counterfeit money; they were men of honour who put only genuine, full-weight money into circulation. Such men were called dokimos, and this word is used here for the Christian as he is to be seen by the world." (Donald Grey Barnhouse, Romans: God's Glory, p. 18.)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δόκιμος dókimos, dok'-ee-mos; from G1380; properly, acceptable (current after assayal), i.e.
approved:—approved, tried.
STRONGS G1384:
δόκιμος, -ον, (δέχομαι); from Herodotus down;1. properly, accepted, particularly of coins and metals,
2. accepted, equivalent to acceptable, pleasing: εὐάρεστος τῷ θεῷ κ. δόκιμος [L marginal reading -μοις] τοῖς ἀνθρώποις,
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
- 23:16
- 2 Chronicles
- 9:17
- Romans
- 14:18; 16:10
- 1 Corinthians
- 11:19
- 2 Corinthians
- 10:18; 13:7
- 2 Timothy
- 2:15
- James
- 1:12
