Quick Definition
δόκιμος, ον Adj approved, acceptable
Strong's Definition
from 1380; properly, acceptable (current after assayal), i.e. approved
KJV Usage: approved, tried
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | δέχομαι
30.115 · Think · To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge
considered good, regarded as worthy (derivative of δοκιμάζω[c] ‘to judge to be genuine,’ 30.114) pertaining to being judged worthy on the basis of testing
73.4 · Genuine, Phony
genuine, sincere pertaining to being genuine on the basis of testing
87.7 · Status · Honor or Respect in Relation to Status
respected, honored pertaining to being respected on the basis of proven worth In a number of languages, meanings such as those of τίμιος[b], ἔντιμος[b], ἔνδοξος[b] (87.6), and δόκιμος[c] may be rendered by a type of clause involving people’s attitudes toward an individual, for example, ‘one who people think is great’ or ‘one of whom everyone approves’ or ‘one to whom everyone looks up.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δόκιμος, -ov, (δέχομαι); fr. Hdt. down; 1. prop. accepted, particularly of coins and metals, Gen. xxiii. 16; 2 Chr. ix. 17; Leian. Herm. 68, ete.; hence univ. proved, tried: in the N. T. one who is of tried faith and integrity [R. V. approved], Ro. xvi. 10 (τὸν δόκιμον ἐν Χριστῷ, the approved servant of Christ); 1 Co. xi. 19; 2 Co. x. 18; xiii. 7; 2 Tim. ii. 15 (παριστάναι ἑαυτὸν δόκιμον τῷ 6ep); Jas. i. 12. 2. accepted i. q. acceptable, pleasing : evdpeotos τῷ θεῷ k. δόκιμος [L mrg. -μοις] τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, Ro. xiv. 18.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δόκιμος dokimos 7x
proved, tried; approved after examination and trial, Rom. 16:10; Jas. 1:12; by impl. acceptable, Rom. 14:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† δοκίμιος, -α, -ον
(< δοκιμή), [in LXX: ἀργύριον δ. (עֲלִיל), Ps 11(12):6; and as v.l. for δόκιμος (B), ἀργυρίου δ. (זקק pu.), I Ch 29:4 (Bab); εἰ δ. ἐστιν (יְקָר), Za 11:13 א c a vid, Q *)* ;]
= δόκιμος,
tested, approved: τὸ δ. ὑμῶν τ. πίστεως, that which is approved in your faith, I Pe 1:7 (where Hort suggests the v.l. δόκιμος, found in some cursives), Ja 1:3 (but v. Mayor, in l. For full discussion of this word, not hitherto found in a Gk. Lexicon, and for exx. of its use in π., v. Deiss. (to whom is due the credit of its discovery), BS, 259 ff.; MM, Exp., xi; cf. also Milligan, NTD, 76).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δοκιμος χ[ρ)Πυσίου δοκιμίου τετάρτας τέσσαρες, 10. IIT. 7178 (A.D. 149) χρυσίου Soxipelov σταθμῷ ᾿Αλεξανδρείνῳ, Τ Tebt II. 30222 (A.D. 134-5) χρυσίου [δ]οκιμίου, “standard gold”’ (Edd.). Hort’s divination (1 Pe¢. p. 42) detected that the needed meaning in the NI passages was ‘what is genuine in your faith’’: the papyri have given a welcome endorsement to the master’s instinct, and have at the same time rendered unnecessary his preference for the less well-attested reading τὸ δόκιμον (Moles on Select Readings, p. 102, in The NT in Grk? ii. Appendix). For the noun δοκιμεῖον = ‘crucible,’ which is found in the LXX, cf. OG/S 3081 (ii/B.c.) Kal τῆ(ς) πρὸς θεοὺς εὐσεβείας ἔξργ]ωι KadAl[oTw]e οὐ μεικρὸν δοκιμεῖον ἀπέλιπεν, Sy// 588% (c. B.C. 180) δοκιμεῖα. The editor in his note on the last passage compares 7GS7 30325" ἐγδότω δὲ ἡ ἀρχὴ [κ]αὶ ἐξ οὗ ἂν παραλάβῃ χρυσίου ἀσήμου καὶ ἐπισήμου κατασκευάσαι τῷ θεῷ φιάλην χρυσῆν, καταλιπομένη δοκιμεῖον. ;
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δόκιμος (dokimos) — tested. δόκῐμ-ος, ον (Doric dialect α, ον [Refs], (δέχομαι) acceptable: hence,
1. of persons, trustworthy, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; approved, esteemed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι most approved by Hellas, her noblest son, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, of approved ability to do.., δόκιμος δ᾽ οὔτις.. εἴργειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. of things, excellent, τὸ ἔαρ -ώτατον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; notable, considerable, ποταμός [Refs]; approved, κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ. [Refs]; δ. ἀργύριον legal tender, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὕμνος acceptable, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. adverb -μως really, genuinely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]