dokime denotes testing or verification, and the demonstrated quality that such testing establishes.

The attested use most often concerns testing or verification in relation to obedience, affliction, service, and a request for proof. It also denotes the demonstrated quality associated with perseverance and with a person's known character.

1. Testing or verification in a concrete situation · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 2:9 the accusative singular occurs in Paul's purpose of learning whether the recipients are obedient in all things; the APB renders the clause "that I might know your test." In 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 9:13, and 2 Corinthians 13:3, the term appears respectively with affliction, a service, and a demand for proof of the one speaking through Paul; the APB renders these contexts with "testing," "test," and "proof."

   2 Corinthians 2:92 Corinthians 8:22 Corinthians 9:132 Corinthians 13:3
2. Demonstrated character or quality · common

   In Philippians 2:22 the accusative singular is followed by the statement that he served in the gospel like a child with a father; the APB renders the clause "you know his proven character." In Romans 5:4, two singular forms occur in the sequence where perseverance produces test and test produces hope, presenting it as an outcome in that progression.

   Philippians 2:22Romans 5:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with "proof," "test," "testing," and "proven character." These renderings reflect the verse contexts to the Greek term.