ος, ον [ῐ]
   I croyable, présumable, ESCHL. Pers. 87 ;
   II éprouvé, dont on a fait l’essai (métal, monnaie) DÉM. 931, 3, etc. ; fig. éprouvé, qui a fait ses preuves, d’où :
      1 considéré, estimé. NT. 1Cor. 11, 19 ; HDT. 1, 65 ; 3, 143 ; 7, 117 ; EUR. Suppl. 277 ;
      2 acceptable, d’où agréable, HDT. 7, 162 ; τινι, PD. N. 3, 18, à qqn ;
      3 p. ext. considérable, en parl. d’un fleuve, HDT. 7, 129.

• Sup. -ώτατος, EUR. l. c.

ον (Dor. α, ον Tab.Heracl. 1.103), (< δέχομαι) acceptable; hence, of persons, trustworthy, Heraclit. 28 (Sup.), Democr. 67; approved, esteemed, Hdt. 1.65, al. ; δ. παρά τινι Id. 7.117; δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι most approved by Hellas, her noblest son, E. Supp. 277 (anap.); c. inf., of approved ability to do…, δόκιμος δ’ οὔτις… εἴργειν A. Pers. 87 (lyr.). of things, excellent, τὸ ἔαρ δοκιμώτατον Hdt. 7.162; notable, considerable, ποταμός Id. 7.129; approved, κριθὰ καθαρὰ δ. Tab.Heracl. l.c. ; δ. ἀργύριον legal tender, D. 35.24, cf. PLond. 3.938.6 (iii AD); ὕμνος acceptable, Pi. N. 3.11. Adv. -μως really, genuinely, A. Pers. 547 (lyr.), X. Cyr. 1.6.7.

ον, annehmlich, was wie gute Münze angenommen wird ; ἀργύριον Poll. 3.86 ; Luc. Hermot. 68 ; übh. = erprobt, bewährt, tadellos ; ὕμνος Pind. N. 3.11 ; δοκιμώτατος Ἑλλάδι Eur. Suppl. 277 ; vgl. Aesch. Pers. 87. wo es dann in die Bdtg »angesehen« übergeht ; Λυκοῦργος τῶν Σπαρτιητέων δόκιμος ἀνήρ Her. 1.65 ; ἐν τοῖσι ἀστοῖσι δ. 3.143 ; auch von Flüssen, ansehnlich, 7.129 ; δόκιμοι ἄνδρες Plat. Rep. X.618a ; u. so Sp., NT.
• Adv., καλὸς κἀγαθὸς δοκίμως γενέσθαι, bewährt, Xen. Cyr. 1.6.7.

δοκίμιος, -α, -ον
(< δοκιμή), [in LXX: ἀργύριον δ. (עֲלִיל), Psa.12:6; and as seel. for δόκιμος (B), ἀργυρίου δ. (זָקַק pual.), 1Ch.29:4 (Bab); εἰ δ .ίστιν (יְקָר), Zec.11:13 א with a vid, Q *)* ;]
= δόκιμος,
tested, approved: τὸ δ. ὑμῶν τ. πίστεως, that which is approved in your faith, 1Pe.1:7 (where Hort suggests the seel. δόκιμος, found in some cursives), Jas.1:3 (but see Mayor, in l For full discussion of this word, not hitherto found in a Gk. Lexicon, and for exx. of its use in π., see Deiss. (to whom is due the credit of its discovery), BS, 259 ff.; MM, Exp., xi; cf. also Milligan, NTD, 76).†
δόκιμος, -ον
(< δέκομαι = δέχομαι) [in LXX for זָקַק pual., etc. ;]
primarily of metals, tested, accepted, approved: of persons, Rom.14:18 16:10, 1Co.11:19, 2Co.10:18 13:7, 2Ti.2:15, Jas.1:12 (Cremer, 212, 697).†
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