Quick Definition
δοκίμιον, ου, τό n.n. a test, trial, what is genuine
Strong's Definition
neuter of a presumed derivative of 1382; a testing; by implication, trustworthiness
KJV Usage: trial, trying
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | δέχομαι
27.45 · Learn · Try To Learn
to test, to examine, to try to determine the genuineness of, testing to try to learn the genuineness of something by examination and testing, often through actual use
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δοκίμιον, -ου, τό, (δοκιμήγ ; 1. i. 4. τὸ δοκιμάζειν, the proving: τῆς πίστεως, Jas.i.3. 42. that by which something is tried or proved, a test: Dion. Hal. ars rhet. 11; γλῶσσα γεύσεως δοκίμιον, Longin. de sublim. 32,5; δοκίpuov δὲ στρατιωτῶν κάματος, Hdian. 2, 10, 12 [6 ed. Bekk.]; in Sept. of a crucible or furnace for smelting: Prov. xxvii. 21; Ps. xi. (xii.) 7. 3. equiv. to δοκιμή, 2: ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, your proved faith, 1 Pet. i. 7. This word is treated of fully by Fritzsche in his Priiliminarien u.s.w. pp. 40, 44.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δοκίμιον dokimion 2x
that by means of which anything is tried, proof, criterion, test; trial, the act of trying or putting to proof, Jas. 1:3; approved character, 1 Pet. 1:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δοκίμιον, -ου, τό
[in LXX: Pr 17:3 27:21 (מַצְרֵף) * ;]
usually regarded as a variant form of δοκιμεῖον, a test, and so perh. Ja 1:3 (v. Mayor, in l.), but see next word (cf. Cremer, 212, 702).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δοκίμιον (dokimion) — testing. δοκῐμ-εῖον, τό, test, means of testing, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (variant δοκίμιον, as in [NT+1st c.BC+]; proof, εὐσεβείας [Refs 1st c.BC+]