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Teste [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A witness.

2. The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.

Tested [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Tried or approved by a test.

Tested [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Test

Tester [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The top covering of a bed, consisting of some species of cloth, supported by the bedstead.

2. TEST'ER

Tester [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A headpiece; a helmet.

2. A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.

3. A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.

4. An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.

Testern [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A sixpence; a tester.

Testern [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To present with a tester.

Testes [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

pl. of Teste, or of Testis.

Testes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Testis

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Genesis 22:1

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Genesis 42:15

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Genesis 42:16

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

Exodus 15:25

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

Exodus 17:7

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

Numbers 14:22

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Deuteronomy 6:16

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.

Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

Job 23:10

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Psalms 17:3

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Psalms 66:10

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.

Psalms 78:18

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Psalms 78:41

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalms 78:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Psalms 81:7

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Psalms 95:9

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Psalms 106:14

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

Proverbs 17:3

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Proverbs 27:21

As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

Ecclesiastes 7:23

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.