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Note:
For the
KJV
renderings of the verb
$
, in 1 Tim. 3:6; 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:4, see
HIGHMINDED
.
PROVE
A. Verbs.
1.
(
1
, 1381), “to test, prove,” with the expectation of approving, is
translated “to prove” in Luke 14:19; Rom. 12:2; 1 Cor. 3:13,
RV
(
KJV
, “shall try”); 11:28,
RV
(
KJV
, “examine”); 2 Cor. 8:8, 22; 13:5; Gal. 6:4; Eph. 5:10; 1 Thess. 2:4 (2nd part),
RV
(
KJV
, “trieth”); 5:21; 1 Tim. 3:10; in some mss., Heb. 3:9 (the most authentic have the
noun
, “a proving”¶); 1 Pet. 1:7,
RV
(
KJV
, “tried”); 1 John 4:1,
RV
(
KJV
, “try”).
See
APPROVE
.
2.
$
(
&
, 584), “to show forth,” signifies “to prove” in Acts
25:7. See
APPROVE
, No. 3.
3.
(
$&
, 3936), “to present,” signifies “to prove” in Acts 24:13. See
COMMEND
, No. 4.
4.
(
$1
, 3985), “to try,” either in the sense of attempting, e.g., Acts 16:7,
or of testing, is rendered “to prove” in John 6:6. See
EXAMINE
,
TEMPT
.
5.
$
(
1
, 4822), “to join together,” signifies “to prove” in Acts 9:22.
See
COMPACTED
, No. 2.
6.
$
or
$
(
1
, 4921), “to commend, to prove,” is translated “I
prove (myself a transgressor)” in Gal. 2:18 (
KJV
, “I make”). See
COMMEND
.
B. Noun.
(
$
, 3986), (a) “a trying, testing,” (b) “a temptation,” is used in
sense (a) in 1 Pet. 4:12, with the preposition
, “towards” or “with a view to,”
RV
, “to
prove” (
KJV
, “to try”), lit., “for a testing.” See
TEMPTATION
.
Notes:
(1) In Luke 10:36,
RV
,
, “to become, come to be,” is translated
“proved (neighbor),”
KJV
, “was …”; so in Heb. 2:2. (2) In Rom. 3:9,
KJV
,
,
“to accuse beforehand,” is translated “we have before proved” (marg., “charged”); for the
RV
, see
CHARGE
, C, No. 9.
For
PROVERB
see
PARABLE
, No. 2
PROVIDE, PROVIDENCE, PROVISION
A. Verbs.
1.
(
= 1
, 2090), “to prepare,” is translated “hast provided” in Luke
12:20,
KJV
. See
PREPARE
.
2.
(
1
, 2932), “to get, to gain,” is rendered “provide” in Matt. 10:9.
See
OBTAIN
,
POSSESS
.
3.
(
$&
, 3936), “to present,” signifies “to provide” in Acts 23:24. See
COMMEND
,
PROVE
, No. 3.
4.
(
$ !
, 4265), “to foresee,” is translated “having provided” in Heb.
11:40. See
FORESEE
.¶