Strong G1651ἐλέγχω
to rebuke
- Transliteration
- elegchō
- Pronunciation
- el-eng'-kho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; to confute admonish: - convict convince tell a fault rebuke reprove.
Detailed definition
ἐλέγχω
[in LXX chiefly for יָכַח hi.;]
1. in Hom., to treat with contempt.
2. to convict: with accusative, Mat.18:15 (RV, show him his fault), Tit.1:9; before περί, Jhn.8:46 16:8, Ju 15; pass., Jas.2:9.
3. to reprove, rebuke: 1Ti.5:20, 2Ti.4:2, Tit.1:13 2:15, Rev.3:19; pass., before περί, Luk.3:19; ὑπό, Heb.12:5 (LXX).
4. to expose: Eph.5:11; pass., Jhn.3:20, 1Co.14:24 (RV reprove, mg. convict), Eph.5:13 (RV, as 1 Co, l.with, of. AR on Eph.5:11; MM, Exp., xii; cf. ἐξ-, δια-κατ-ελέγχομαι).†
SYN.: ἐπιτιμῶ, expressing simply rebuke, which may be undeserved (Mat.16:22) or ineffectual (Luk.23:40), while ἐλ. implies rebuke which brings conviction (see Tr., Syn., § iv) (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for יָכַח hi.;]
1. in Hom., to treat with contempt.
2. to convict: with accusative, Mat.18:15 (RV, show him his fault), Tit.1:9; before περί, Jhn.8:46 16:8, Ju 15; pass., Jas.2:9.
3. to reprove, rebuke: 1Ti.5:20, 2Ti.4:2, Tit.1:13 2:15, Rev.3:19; pass., before περί, Luk.3:19; ὑπό, Heb.12:5 (LXX).
4. to expose: Eph.5:11; pass., Jhn.3:20, 1Co.14:24 (RV reprove, mg. convict), Eph.5:13 (RV, as 1 Co, l.with, of. AR on Eph.5:11; MM, Exp., xii; cf. ἐξ-, δια-κατ-ελέγχομαι).†
SYN.: ἐπιτιμῶ, expressing simply rebuke, which may be undeserved (Mat.16:22) or ineffectual (Luk.23:40), while ἐλ. implies rebuke which brings conviction (see Tr., Syn., § iv) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1651 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rebuke5
- reprove5
- convince3
- convict1
- convinceth1
- fault1
- tell1
- will1
First verses
- Matthew 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Luke 3:19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
- John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- John 8:9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
- John 8:46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
- John 16:8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
- 1 Corinthians 14:24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
- Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- Ephesians 5:13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
- 1 Timothy 5:20Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
- 2 Timothy 4:2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
- Titus 1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
- Titus 1:13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
- Titus 2:15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
- Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
- James 2:9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐλέγχω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.424, etc.)]: future ἐλέγξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1043, etc.)]: aorist ἤλεγξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.522, etc.)]:—passive, future ἐλεγχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2)]: aorist ἠλέγχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 458a, etc.)]: perfect ἐλήλεγμαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 805c: _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἐλήλεγκται Antipho [prev. cited] (ἐξ-ηλεγμένοι)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.44))]: pluperfect ἐξ-ελήλεγκτο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.27)]:—disgrace, put to shame, μῦθον ἐ. treat a speech with contempt, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.522)]; ἐ. τινά put one to shame, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.424.)] —This usage is only _Epic dialect_
II cross-examine, question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18d, etc.; μὴ 'λεγχε τὸν πονοῦντα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 919; φύλαξ ἐλέγχων φύλακα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 260; τί ταῦτ᾽ ἄλλως ἐλέγχει; [prev. author] “OT” 333, compare 783; ἔλεγχ᾽, ἐλέγχου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 857; ἐ. τινὰ περί τινος [prev. author] “Pl.” 574; ἕνεκά τινος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 207.10; τὰς ἀρχὰς βασάνοις χρώμενοι ἐλεγχόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946c)]: with accusative et infinitive, accuse one of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1058)]:—passive, to be convicted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, 117; ἐλεγχόμενοι εἴ τι περιγένοιτο τῶν χρημάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 331c, 331d)]: with participle, ἐλεγχθεὶς διαφθείρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.9, compare 2.4.10; ἐλεγχθήσεται γελοῖος ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2.)]
II.2 test, bring to the proof, ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὰν παγκρατὴς ἐλέγχει ἀλάθεια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 10.2)]; πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1351)] (passive, τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐλεγχθέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 485); λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242b)] (passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 161e): with subject. clause, ἐ. τινά, εἰ.., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 851, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1232.)]
II.3 prove, τοῦτο ἐ. ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273b, compare “Sph.” 256c)]: absolutely, bring convincing proof, ὡς ἡ ἀνάγκη ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22)]; αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.86; περί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.5.)]
II.4 refute, confute, τινά or τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 470c, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.2, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 4)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 162a)]; χρυσὸς κληῖδας ἐλέγχει proves that they avail not, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.216 (Paul. Sil.).)]
II.4.b put right, correct, prove by a reductio ad impossibile, ὅσα ἔστιν ἀποδεῖξαι, ἔστι καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν θέμενον τὴν ἀντίφασιν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 170a24)]; παράδοξα ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1146a23.)]
II.5 get the better of, στρατιὰν ὠκύτατι ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.49, compare 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 750, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 1.16.)]
II.6 expose, τινὰ ληροῦντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 171d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 1.17)]; betray a weakness, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 222.)]
II.7 decide a dispute, ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο [LXX (LXX.Gen.31.37.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.424, etc.)]: future ἐλέγξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1043, etc.)]: aorist ἤλεγξα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.522, etc.)]:—passive, future ἐλεγχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2)]: aorist ἠλέγχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 458a, etc.)]: perfect ἐλήλεγμαι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 805c: _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἐλήλεγκται Antipho [prev. cited] (ἐξ-ηλεγμένοι)] is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.44))]: pluperfect ἐξ-ελήλεγκτο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.27)]:—disgrace, put to shame, μῦθον ἐ. treat a speech with contempt, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.522)]; ἐ. τινά put one to shame, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.424.)] —This usage is only _Epic dialect_
II cross-examine, question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.115, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18d, etc.; μὴ 'λεγχε τὸν πονοῦντα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 919; φύλαξ ἐλέγχων φύλακα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 260; τί ταῦτ᾽ ἄλλως ἐλέγχει; [prev. author] “OT” 333, compare 783; ἔλεγχ᾽, ἐλέγχου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 857; ἐ. τινὰ περί τινος [prev. author] “Pl.” 574; ἕνεκά τινος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 207.10; τὰς ἀρχὰς βασάνοις χρώμενοι ἐλεγχόντων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946c)]: with accusative et infinitive, accuse one of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1058)]:—passive, to be convicted, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24, 117; ἐλεγχόμενοι εἴ τι περιγένοιτο τῶν χρημάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.36, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 331c, 331d)]: with participle, ἐλεγχθεὶς διαφθείρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.9, compare 2.4.10; ἐλεγχθήσεται γελοῖος ὤν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2.)]
II.2 test, bring to the proof, ἀνδρῶν ἀρετὰν παγκρατὴς ἐλέγχει ἀλάθεια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 10.2)]; πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1351)] (passive, τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἐλεγχθέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 485); λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242b)] (passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Tht.” 161e): with subject. clause, ἐ. τινά, εἰ.., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 851, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1232.)]
II.3 prove, τοῦτο ἐ. ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273b, compare “Sph.” 256c)]: absolutely, bring convincing proof, ὡς ἡ ἀνάγκη ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22)]; αὐτὸ τὸ ἔργον ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.86; περί τινος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.5.)]
II.4 refute, confute, τινά or τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 470c, +others, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.2, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 4)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 162a)]; χρυσὸς κληῖδας ἐλέγχει proves that they avail not, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.216 (Paul. Sil.).)]
II.4.b put right, correct, prove by a reductio ad impossibile, ὅσα ἔστιν ἀποδεῖξαι, ἔστι καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὸν θέμενον τὴν ἀντίφασιν τοῦ ἀληθοῦς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 170a24)]; παράδοξα ἐ. [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1146a23.)]
II.5 get the better of, στρατιὰν ὠκύτατι ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.49, compare 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 750, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 1.16.)]
II.6 expose, τινὰ ληροῦντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 171d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 1.17)]; betray a weakness, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 222.)]
II.7 decide a dispute, ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν δύο [LXX (LXX.Gen.31.37.)]