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EXAMINE; EXAMINATION

eg-zam'-in, eg-zam-i-na'-shun: darash, "to follow," "inquire," "make inquisition" (Ezr 10:16); and bachan, "to test," "investigate," "prove," "tempt" (Ps 26:2). The former was the judicial term. anakrino, "scrutinize," "investigate," "interrogate" (in court), "judge," "search" (Lk 23:14; Acts 4:9; 12:19; 28:18; 1 Cor 9:3); and anetazo, "to investigate" (judicially), "examine" (Acts 22:24,29). Also dokimazo, "to test," "examine," "try" (1 Cor 11:28 the King James Version); and peirazo, "scrutinize," "discipline" (2 Cor 13:5 the King James Version). The noun anakrisis, "examination," "investigation," occurs in Acts 25:26.
See also COURTS, JUDICIAL.
Frank E. Hirsch
Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'examine; examination'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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