Experience (without), Experiment - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Experience (without), Experiment
[ 1,,G552, apeiros ]without experience" (a, negative, peira, "a trial, experiment"), is used in Hebrews 5:13, RV, "without experience," AV, "unskillful," with reference to "the word of righteousness." In the Sept., Numbers 14:23, of youths; Jeremiah 2:6, of a land, "untried;" Zechariah 11:15, of a shepherd.
[ 2,,G1382, dokime ]
means
(a) "the process of proving;" it is rendered "experiment" in 2 Corinthians 9:13, AV, RV, "the proving (of you);" in 2 Corinthians 8:2, AV, "trial," RV, "proof;"
(b) "the effect of proving, approval, approvedness," RV, "probation," Romans 5:4 (twice), for AV, "experience;" AV and RV, "proof" in 2 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 13:3; Philippians 2:22. See EXPERIENCE, PROOF. Cp. dokimos, "approved," dokimazo, "to prove, approve;" See APPROVE.