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Meaning of “try”

Sense 1: To examine, test, prove, search, or discern. Sense 2: To refine or prove by fire so that quality is made manifest.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
17 occurrences17 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 7:4

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Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 13:9 · retained source text

And I will bring the thirde part through the fire, and wil refine them as siluer is refined, & will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my Name, and I wil heare them: I wil say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

1611 marginal note1.Pet.1.6, 7.

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Historical definitions

To examine or make experiment on; to prove by a test; to search carefully; to act upon as a test; or to purify and refine.

volume 2, leaf 811, column 2 (main_dictionary)