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proved

Meaning of “proved”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prove, meaning to test, try, examine, or establish as true by evidence.

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First occurrence: Genesis 42:15

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Genesis 42:16
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.
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1611 witness · Genesis 42:16 · retained source text

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

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