δόκιμος
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What does δόκιμος (dókimos) mean in the Bible?
δόκιμος (dókimos) is a Greek word meaning "tested". δοκίμιος, -α, -ον (δοκιμή), [in LXX: ἀργύριον δ. The minister's aim is God's approval through faithful teaching rather than human recognition.
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Meaning
Approved through testing; of metals proven genuine, applied to persons and faith proven worthy.
(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).
Why This Word Matters
The minister's aim is God's approval through faithful teaching rather than human recognition. 2 Timothy 2:14-19
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Word Pictures (Robertson)
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