G1384
δόκιμος
tested
δοκίμιος, -α, -ον (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).† (AS)
The KJV translates G1384 in the following manner:
approved (12x), tried (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
δόκιμος — dókimos
δόκιμος, δόκιμον (δέχομαι); from Herodotus down;
1. properly, accepted, particularly of coins and metals, Gen 23:16; 2Ch 9:17; Lucian, Herm. 68, etc.; hence, universally, proved, tried: in the N. T. one who is of tried faith and integrity (R. V. approved), Rom 16:10 (τόν δόκιμον ἐν Χριστῷ, the approved servant of Christ); 1Co 11:19; 2Co 10:18; 2Co 13:7; 2Ti 2:15 (παρισταναι ἑαυτόν δόκιμον τῷ Θεῷ); Jas 1:12.
2. accepted, equivalent to acceptable, pleasing: εὐάρεστος τῷ Θεῷ καί δόκιμος (L marginal reading δοκιμοις) τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, Rom 14:18.
7 occurrences
Romans (2), I Corinthians (1), II Corinthians (2), II Timothy (1), James (1)