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Strong's #1651: elegcho (pronounced el-eng'-kho)

of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish:--convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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elegchō

1) to convict, refute, confute

1a) generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted

1b) by conviction to bring to the light, to expose

2) to find fault with, correct

2a) by word

2a1) to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove

2a2) to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation

2b) by deed

2b1) to chasten, to punish

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: of uncertain affinity

Citing in TDNT: 2:473, 221




Usage:

This word is used 17 times:

Matthew 18:15: "thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and"
Luke 3:19: "Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias"
John 3:20: "light, lest his deeds should be reproved."
John 8:9: "And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one,"
John 8:46: "Which of you convinceth me of sin? And"
John 16:8: "And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,"
1 Corinthians 14:24: "that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of"
Ephesians 5:11: "of darkness, but rather reprove"
Ephesians 5:13: "But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for"
1 Timothy 5:20: "Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear."
2 Timothy 4:2: "be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all"
Titus 1:9: "doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers."
Titus 1:13: "is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply,"
Titus 2:15: "and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man"
Hebrews 12:5: "of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:"
James 2:9: "ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as"
Revelation 3:19: "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous"









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