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)
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G1651 — ἐλέγχω
elegchō · to rebuke · Greek
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Matthew 18:15 · ἔλεγξον‘And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;Luke 3:19 · ἐλεγχόμενοςand Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,John 3:20 · ἐλεγχθῇfor every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;John 8:46 · ἐλέγχειWho of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?John 16:8 · ἐλέγξειand having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;1 Corinthians 14:24 · ἐλέγχεταιand if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is discerned by all,Ephesians 5:11 · ἐλέγχετε·and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,Ephesians 5:13 · ἐλεγχόμεναand all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;1 Timothy 5:20 · ἔλεγχε,Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;2 Timothy 4:2 · ἔλεγξον,preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,Titus 1:9 · ἐλέγχειν.¶holding—according to the teaching—to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;Titus 1:13 · ἔλεγχεthis testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,Titus 2:15 · ἔλεγχεthese things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!Hebrews 12:5 · ἐλεγχόμενος.and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, ‘My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,James 2:9 · ἐλεγχόμενοιand if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;Jude 1:15 · ἐλέγξαιto do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.’Revelation 3:19 · ἐλέγχω‘As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;