Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:40 · retained source text
Let vs search and try our waies, and turne againe to the LORD.
KJV dictionary & concordance
try
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.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
17 occurrences17 verses12 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Judges 7:4
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Every verse containing “try”
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 11:35 · retained source text
And some of them of vnderstanding shall fall, to trie them, and to purge, and to make them white, euen to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
1611 marginal noteOr, by them
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.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.
Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 3:13 · retained source text
Euery mans worke shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it shall bee reuealed by fire, and the fire shall trie euery mans worke of what sort it is.
1611 marginal noteGr. is reuealed.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 4:12 · retained source text
Beloued, thinke it not strange concerning the fiery triall, which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened vnto you.
BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 John 4:1 · retained source text
¶ Beloued, beleeue not euery spirit, but trie the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 3:10 · retained source text
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keepe thee from the houre of temptation, which shall come vpon all the world, to try them that dwell vpon the earth.
Where “try” appears
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Judges1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms3 occurrences
3 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah1 occurrence
1 verse1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse1 John1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation1 occurrence
1 verse
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms3 occurrences
3 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah1 occurrence
1 verse1 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse1 John1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation1 occurrence
1 verse
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Definition evidence
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗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.