1651. elegchó
Strong's Concordance
elegchó: to expose, convict, reprove
Original Word: ἐλέγχω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: elegchó
Phonetic Spelling: (el-eng'-kho)
Short Definition: I rebuke, expose
Definition: (a) I reprove, rebuke, discipline, (b) I expose, show to be guilty.
HELPS Word-studies

1651 elégxō – properly, to convince with solid, compelling evidence, especially to expose (prove wrong, connect).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1651: ἐλέγχω

ἐλέγχω; future ἐλέγξω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐλέγξαι, imperative ἔλεγξον; (passive, present ἐλέγχομαι; 1 aorist ἐλεγχθην); the Sept. for הוכִיחַ;

1. to convict, refute, confute, generally with a suggestion of the shame of the person convicted ("ἐλέγχεινhateigentlichnichtdieBedeutung 'tadeln,schmähen,zurechtweisen,'welcheihmdieLexikazuschreiben,sondernbedeutetnichtsalsüberführen (Schmidt, chapter 4: § 12)): τινα, of crime, fault, or error; of sin, 1 Corinthians 14:24; ἐλεγχόμενοι ὑπό τοῦ νόμου ὡς παραβάται, James 2:9; ὑπό τῆς συνειδήσεως, John 8:9 R G (Philo, Works, ii., p. 649 (ed. Mang., vi. 203, Richter edition, fragment περί ἀναστάσεως καί κρίσεως) τό συνειδός ἔλεγχος ἀδέκαστος καί πάντων ἀψευδεστατος); followed by περί with the genitive of thing, John 8:46; John 16:8, and L T Tr WH in Jude 1:15 (Aristophanes, Plutarch, 574); contextually, by conviction to bring to light, to expose: τί, John 3:20, cf. 21; Ephesians 5:11, 13 (Aristophanes ecclesiastical 485; τά κρυπτά, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 68; ἐπιστάμενος, ὡς εἰ καί λαθοι ἐπιβουλή καί μή ἐλεγχθειη, Herodian, 3, 12, 11 (4th edition, Bekker); others); used of the exposure and confutation of false teachers of Christianity, Titus 1:9, 13; ταῦτα ἔλεγχε, utter these things by way of refutation, Titus 2:15.

2. to find fault with, correct;

a. by word; to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove: Jude 1:22 L T Tr text; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Timothy 4:2; τινα περί τίνος, Luke 3:19; contextually, to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation: τινα, from someone, Matthew 18:15.

b. by deed; to chasten, punish (according to the translation of the Hebrew הוכִיחַ, Psalm 37:2 (), etc.; Wis. 12:2): Hebrews 12:5 (from Proverbs 3:11); Revelation 3:19. (On this word cf. J. C. Hare, The Mission of the Comforter, note L; Trench, § iv. Compare: ἐξελέγχω, διακατελεγχὡ(μαἰ.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
convict, convince, rebuke, reprove.

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

Forms and Transliterations
ελεγξαι ελέγξαι ἐλέγξαι ελεγξάτωσαν ελεγξει ελέγξει ἐλέγξει ελέγξεις ελέγξη ελέγξης ελεγξον έλεγξον ἔλεγξον ελέγξω ελεγχε έλεγχε ἔλεγχε ελεγχει ελέγχει ἐλέγχει ελεγχειν ελέγχειν ἐλέγχειν ελεγχεται ελέγχεται ἐλέγχεται ελεγχετε ελέγχετε ἐλέγχετε ελέγχη ελέγχης ελεγχθη ελεγχθή ἐλεγχθῇ ελεγχομενα ελεγχόμενα ἐλεγχόμενα ελεγχομενοι ελεγχόμενοι ἐλεγχόμενοι ελεγχομενος ελεγχόμενος ἐλεγχόμενος ελέγχοντα ελέγχοντας ελέγχοντες ελεγχω ελέγχω ἐλέγχω ελέγχων ήλεγξε ήλεγξέ ηλέγξεν ήλεγξεν elenche élenche elenchei elénchei elenchein elénchein elenchetai elénchetai elenchete elénchete elencho elenchō eléncho elénchō elenchomena elenchómena elenchomenoi elenchómenoi elenchomenos elenchómenos elenchthe elenchthē elenchthêi elenchthē̂i elenxai elénxai elenxei elénxei elenxon élenxon
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17 Occurrences


ἔλεγχε — 3 Occ.
ἐλέγχει — 1 Occ.
ἐλέγχειν — 1 Occ.
ἐλέγχεται — 1 Occ.
ἐλέγχετε — 1 Occ.
ἐλέγχω — 1 Occ.
ἐλεγχόμενα — 1 Occ.
ἐλεγχόμενοι — 1 Occ.
ἐλεγχόμενος — 2 Occ.
ἐλεγχθῇ — 1 Occ.
ἐλέγξαι — 1 Occ.
ἐλέγξει — 1 Occ.
ἔλεγξον — 2 Occ.

Matthew 18:15 V-AMA-2S
GRK: σου ὕπαγε ἔλεγξον αὐτὸν μεταξὺ
NAS: , go and show him his fault in private;
KJV: tell him his fault between thee
INT: of you go reprove him between

Luke 3:19 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: ὁ τετραάρχης ἐλεγχόμενος ὑπ' αὐτοῦ
NAS: the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because
KJV: the tetrarch, being reproved by
INT: the tetrarch being reproved by him

John 3:20 V-ASP-3S
GRK: ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα
NAS: that his deeds will be exposed.
KJV: his deeds should be reproved.
INT: that not might be exposed the works

John 8:46 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐλέγχει με περὶ
NAS: one of you convicts Me of sin?
KJV: of you convinceth me of
INT: of you convicts me concerning

John 16:8 V-FIA-3S
GRK: ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον
NAS: And He, when He comes, will convict the world
KJV: he will reprove the world
INT: having come he will convict the world

1 Corinthians 14:24 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: ἢ ἰδιώτης ἐλέγχεται ὑπὸ πάντων
NAS: enters, he is convicted by all,
KJV: [one] unlearned, he is convinced of
INT: or uninstructed he is convicted by all

Ephesians 5:11 V-PMA-2P
GRK: δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε
NAS: but instead even expose them;
KJV: but rather reprove [them].
INT: moreover also expose

Ephesians 5:13 V-PPM/P-NNP
GRK: δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ
NAS: visible when they are exposed by the light,
KJV: all things that are reproved are made manifest
INT: but everything being exposed by the

1 Timothy 5:20 V-PMA-2S
GRK: ἐνώπιον πάντων ἔλεγχε ἵνα καὶ
NAS: who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence
KJV: Them that sin rebuke before all,
INT: before all convict that also

2 Timothy 4:2 V-AMA-2S
GRK: εὐκαίρως ἀκαίρως ἔλεγξον ἐπιτίμησον παρακάλεσον
NAS: [and] out of season; reprove, rebuke,
KJV: out of season; reprove, rebuke,
INT: in season out of season correct rebuke exhort

Titus 1:9 V-PNA
GRK: τοὺς ἀντιλέγοντας ἐλέγχειν
NAS: doctrine and to refute those
KJV: and to convince the gainsayers.
INT: those who gainsay to convict

Titus 1:13 V-PMA-2S
GRK: ἣν αἰτίαν ἔλεγχε αὐτοὺς ἀποτόμως
NAS: reason reprove them severely
KJV: true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply,
INT: which cause convict them with severity

Titus 2:15 V-PMA-2S
GRK: παρακάλει καὶ ἔλεγχε μετὰ πάσης
NAS: and exhort and reprove with all
KJV: exhort, and rebuke with all
INT: exhort and convict with all

Hebrews 12:5 V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος
NAS: FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM;
KJV: faint when thou art rebuked of
INT: by him being reproved

James 2:9 V-PPM/P-NMP
GRK: ἁμαρτίαν ἐργάζεσθε ἐλεγχόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ
NAS: sin [and] are convicted by the law
KJV: sin, and are convinced of
INT: sin you commit being convicted by the

Jude 1:15 V-ANA
GRK: πάντων καὶ ἐλέγξαι πᾶσαν τοὺς
NAS: upon all, and to convict all
INT: all and to convict all those [having]

Revelation 3:19 V-PIA-1S
GRK: ἐὰν φιλῶ ἐλέγχω καὶ παιδεύω
NAS: I love, I reprove and discipline;
KJV: I love, I rebuke and chasten:
INT: if I love I rebuke and discipline

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