UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: δόκιμος; -ον

Sense 1: considered good, regarded as worthy

Semantic entry: 30.115

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge

Definition: (derivative of δοκιμάζω [source selector 000002][c] ‘to judge to be genuine,’ 30.114: δοκιμάζω) pertaining to being judged worthy on the basis of testing

CO2 10:18: RV CO2 10:18 · LV CO2 10:18 · Read together CO2 10:18

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OET-RV CO2 10:18

18 because it’s not the people who commend themselves that are approved, but those who the master commends.

OET-LV CO2 10:18

18 For/Because not the one himself commending, that one approved, is but whom the master is _commending.

CO2 13:7: RV CO2 13:7 · LV CO2 13:7 · Read together CO2 13:7

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7 And we’re asking God that you won’t do evil—not so that we’ll be seen to be approved, but so that you all will be doing good, even if we may seem unqualified,

OET-LV CO2 13:7

7 And we _are _hoping to the god not to _do to _you _all evil nothing, not in _order _that we approved may _be _seen, but in _order _that you _all the good may _be _doing, and we as unqualified may _be.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: RV CO2 10:18 · RV CO2 13:7 · LV CO2 10:18 · LV CO2 13:7 · Read together CO2 10:18 · Read together CO2 13:7

TI2: RV TI2 2:15 · LV TI2 2:15 · Read together TI2 2:15

JAM: RV JAM 1:12 · LV JAM 1:12 · Read together JAM 1:12

Sense 2: genuine, sincere

Semantic entry: 73.4

Semantic domains: Genuine, Phony

Definition: pertaining to being genuine on the basis of testing

ROM 16:10: RV ROM 16:10 · LV ROM 16:10 · Read together ROM 16:10

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10 Greet Apelles, who’s a proven follower of Messiah. Greet those from Aristobulos’s household.

OET-LV ROM 16:10

10 Greet Apellaʸs, the approved in chosen _one /messiah.
Greet the ones of the ones of _Aristoboulos.

CO1 11:19: RV CO1 11:19 · LV CO1 11:19 · Read together CO1 11:19

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19 because there must be differences among you to show who out of all of you are approved.

OET-LV CO1 11:19

19 For/Because it _is _fitting also sects among you _all to _be, in _order _that also the approved ones manifest may _become among you _all.

Sense 3: respected, honored

Semantic entry: 87.7

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: Honor or Respect in Relation to Status

Definition: pertaining to being respected on the basis of proven worth

Notes: In a number of languages, meanings such as those of τίμιος [source selector 000001][b], ἔντιμος [source selector 000001][b], ἔνδοξος [source selector 000001][b] (87.6: ἔνδοξος / 87.6: ἔντιμος / 87.6: τίμιος), 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.’

ROM 14:18: RV ROM 14:18 · LV ROM 14:18 · Read together ROM 14:18

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18 so anyone serving the messiah in those ways pleases God and is approved by the people.

OET-LV ROM 14:18

18 For/Because the one in this serving for _the chosen _one /messiah, well _pleasing to_ the _god is and approved by _the people.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δόκιμος

Form 1

Sense 1: considered good, regarded as worthy

Sense 2: genuine, sincere

Sense 3: respected, honored