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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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Romans 3:9
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 3:9 · retained source text

What then? are wee better then they? No in no wise: for we haue before proued both Iewes, and Gentiles, that they are all vnder sinne,

1611 marginal noteGr. charged.

2 Corinthians 8:22
And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:22 · retained source text

And we haue sent with them our brother, whom wee haue often times proued diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, vpon the great confidence which I haue in you.

1611 marginal noteOr, hee hath.

Hebrews 3:9
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
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1611 witness · Hebrews 3:9 · retained source text

When your fathers tempted me, prooued me, and saw my works fourty yeeres.

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