STRONGS NUMBER G1382

Original Word: δοκιμή
Transliteration: dokimē
Phonetic Spelling: (dok-ee-may')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: (the process or result of) trial, proving, approval
Meaning: (the process or result of) trial, proving, approvalexperience, proof, trial.

From the same as dokimos; test (abstractly or concretely); by implication, trustiness -- experience(-riment), proof, trial.

see GREEK dokimos

STRONGS NT 1382: δοκιμή

δοκιμή, δοκιμῆς, ἡ (dokimos];);

1. in an active sense, a proving, trial: θλίψεως, through affliction, 2 Corinthians 8:2.

2. approvedness, tried character: Romans 5:4; 2 Corinthians 2:9; Philippians 2:22; τῆς διακονίας, exhibited in the contribution, 2 Corinthians 9:13.

3. "a proof (objectively], a specimen of (Dioscorides (?) 4, 186 (183); occasionally in ecclesiastical writings.)