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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prove, meaning to test, try, examine, or establish as true by evidence.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 42:15
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Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Hereby ye shall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not goe foorth hence, except your yongest brother come hither.
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shalbe kept in prison, that your wordes may be proued, whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
1611 marginal noteHeb. bound
And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
And he cried vnto the LORD: and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when hee had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweete: there he made a statute & an ordinance, and there he proued them,
1611 marginal noteEcclus. 38.5.
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
And Dauid girded his sword vpon his armour, and he assayed to goe, for he had not proued it: and Dauid said vnto Saul, I cannot goe with these: for I haue not proued them. And Dauid put them off him.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Thou hast prooued mine heart, thou hast visited me in the night, thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing: I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgresse.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
For thou, O God, hast proued vs: thou hast tried vs, as siluer is tryed.
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Thou calledst in trouble, and I deliuered thee, I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proued thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
1611 marginal noteOr, strife.
1611 marginal noteExod. 17.6.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
When your fathers tempted me: proued me, and sawe my worke.
¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
¶ All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I said, I will be wise, but it was farre from me.
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
So hee consented to them in this matter, and proued them ten dayes.
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