Strong G1650ἔλεγχος
rebuke
- Transliteration
- elegchos
- Pronunciation
- el'-eng-khos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G1651; proof conviction: - evidence reproof.
Detailed definition
ἔλεγχος, -ου, ὁ
(ἐλέγχω) [in LXX: frequently in Pr, Jb (יָכַח) יָכַח) Wis.5:1-23, Sir.3:1-31, etc.;]
a proof, test: Heb.11:1.†
(AS)
(ἐλέγχω) [in LXX: frequently in Pr, Jb (יָכַח) יָכַח) Wis.5:1-23, Sir.3:1-31, etc.;]
a proof, test: Heb.11:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1650 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- evidence1
- reproof1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 3:16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
- Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔλεγχος, ὁ,
B argument of disproof or refutation, πολύδηρις ἔ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276a; ὁ ἔ. συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐστίν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410a22, compare 1396b26; ἔ. δὲ συλλογισμὸς μετ᾽ ἀντιφάσεως τοῦ συμπεράσματος [prev. author] “SE” 165a2, compare “APr.” 66b11)]; ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια, ignoratio elenchi, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “SE” 168a18; ὅταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐ. πιέζωνται 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.8.)]
B.II generally, cross-examining, testing, scrutiny, especially for purposes of refutation, οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον does not admit of disproof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.23)]; τῶνδ᾽ ἔλεγχον, absolutely, as a test of this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 603; τὰ ψευδῆ ἔλεγχον ἔχει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53)]; ἔ. παραδοῦναί τινι to give him an opportunity of refuting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c)]; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔ. to submit it to scrutiny, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.21)]; χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔ. [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 195)]; ἀρετῆς ἔ. δοῦναι a proof or test of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.150)]; ἔ. διδόναι τοῦ βίου to give an account of one's life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39c; οἱ ἔ. περὶ ὀρφανῶν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.22; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔ. δώσει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.15)]; ἔ. ποιεῖν τινός to test it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 786; ἔ. ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.7)]; ἔ. λαβεῖν τινός make trial of it, [Refs ([prev. work]12)]; ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι to admit tests, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.6)]; ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν to allege them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 484)]; διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.20; οὐδὲ ἔ. παρασχὼν οὐδὲ βάσανον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7; ἔ. διδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.4)]; εἰς ἔ. πεσεῖν to be convicted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1310, compare “HF” 73)]; δεικνυμένων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 905 (Lyric poetry); οὔτ᾽ εἰς ἔ. χειρὸς οὐδ᾽ ἔργου μολών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1297)]; εἰς ἔ. ἐξιέναι to proceed to the proof, put to the test, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 98)]; or, to be put to the proof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 105; ἐξελθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 640; εἰς ἔ. ἰέναι περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278c; εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 93.3; καταστῆναι εἰς ἔ. καὶ λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.150; ἔ. φεύγειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.38)]; οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔ. the evidence on which he was convicted, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.135; πίστις πραγμάτων ἔ. οὐ βλεπομένων NT.Heb.11.1.)]
B.III Ἔλεγχος personified, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 545, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 4.)]
B.III.b applied to [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Conscience”, τὸ συνειδὸς ἔ. ἀδέκαστος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.236; ἔ. κατάλογον ποιεῖται τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων [τῆς ψυχῆς] [prev. work] 291.)]
B.IV catalogue, inventory, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”, 2nd c.AD: Suetonius Grammaticus et Historicus Latinus “Grammars ” 8 (_plural_).)]
B.V drop-pearl, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 9.113, 1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 6.459.)]
B argument of disproof or refutation, πολύδηρις ἔ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276a; ὁ ἔ. συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐστίν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1410a22, compare 1396b26; ἔ. δὲ συλλογισμὸς μετ᾽ ἀντιφάσεως τοῦ συμπεράσματος [prev. author] “SE” 165a2, compare “APr.” 66b11)]; ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια, ignoratio elenchi, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “SE” 168a18; ὅταν ὑπὸ τῶν ἐ. πιέζωνται 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.8.)]
B.II generally, cross-examining, testing, scrutiny, especially for purposes of refutation, οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον does not admit of disproof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.23)]; τῶνδ᾽ ἔλεγχον, absolutely, as a test of this, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 603; τὰ ψευδῆ ἔλεγχον ἔχει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.53)]; ἔ. παραδοῦναί τινι to give him an opportunity of refuting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c)]; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔ. to submit it to scrutiny, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.21)]; χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔ. [Refs (“Comica Adespota” 195)]; ἀρετῆς ἔ. δοῦναι a proof or test of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.150)]; ἔ. διδόναι τοῦ βίου to give an account of one's life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 39c; οἱ ἔ. περὶ ὀρφανῶν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.22; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔ. δώσει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.15)]; ἔ. ποιεῖν τινός to test it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 786; ἔ. ποιήσασθαι τῶν πεπραγμένων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.7)]; ἔ. λαβεῖν τινός make trial of it, [Refs ([prev. work]12)]; ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι to admit tests, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.6)]; ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν to allege them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 484)]; διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.20; οὐδὲ ἔ. παρασχὼν οὐδὲ βάσανον 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7; ἔ. διδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.4)]; εἰς ἔ. πεσεῖν to be convicted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1310, compare “HF” 73)]; δεικνυμένων ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Heracl.” 905 (Lyric poetry); οὔτ᾽ εἰς ἔ. χειρὸς οὐδ᾽ ἔργου μολών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1297)]; εἰς ἔ. ἐξιέναι to proceed to the proof, put to the test, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 98)]; or, to be put to the proof, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 105; ἐξελθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 640; εἰς ἔ. ἰέναι περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278c; εἰς ἔ. ἔρχεσθαί τινος 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 93.3; καταστῆναι εἰς ἔ. καὶ λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.150; ἔ. φεύγειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.38)]; οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔ. the evidence on which he was convicted, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.135; πίστις πραγμάτων ἔ. οὐ βλεπομένων NT.Heb.11.1.)]
B.III Ἔλεγχος personified, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 545, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pseudol.” 4.)]
B.III.b applied to [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Conscience”, τὸ συνειδὸς ἔ. ἀδέκαστος 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.236; ἔ. κατάλογον ποιεῖται τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων [τῆς ψυχῆς] [prev. work] 291.)]
B.IV catalogue, inventory, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”, 2nd c.AD: Suetonius Grammaticus et Historicus Latinus “Grammars ” 8 (_plural_).)]
B.V drop-pearl, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 9.113, 1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 6.459.)]