Examine
Bible Usage:
- examination used once.
- examine used 5 times.
- examined used 6 times.
- examining used once.
- First Reference: Ezra 10:16
- Last Reference: 2 Corinthians 13:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
EXAM'INE, verb transitive egzam'in. [Latin examino, from examen.]
1. To inspect carefully, with a view to discover truth or the real state of a thing; as, to examine a ship to know whether she is sea-worthy, or a house to know whether repairs are wanted.
2. To search or inquire into facts and circumstances by interrogating; as, to examine a witness.
3. To look into the state of a subject; to view in all its aspects; to weigh arguments and compare facts, with a view to form a correct opinion or judgment. Let us examine this proposition; let us examine this subject in all its relations and bearing; let us examine into the state of this question.
4. To inquire into the improvements or qualifications of students, by interrogatories, proposing problems, or by hearing their recitals; as, to examine the classes in college; to examine the candidates for a degree, or for a license to preach or to practice in a profession.
5. To try or assay by experiments; as, to examine minerals.
6. To try by a rule or law.
Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. 2 Corinthians 13:5.
7. In general, to search; to scrutinize; to explore, with a view to discover truth; as, to examine ourselves; to examine the extent of human knowledge.
EXAM'INED, participle passive Inquired into; searched; inspected; interrogated; tried by experiment.
EXAM'INER, noun One who examines, tries or inspects; one who interrogates a witness or an offender.
1. In chancery, in Great Britain, the Examiners are two officers of that court, who examine, on oath, the witnesses for the parties.
Bible Usage:
- examination used once.
- examine used 5 times.
- examined used 6 times.
- examining used once.
- First Reference: Ezra 10:16
- Last Reference: 2 Corinthians 13:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: