STRONGS G1649:
ἔλεγξις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ἐλέγχω, which see),
refutation, rebuke; (
Vulg. correptio; Augustine,
convictio):
ἔλεγξιν ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας, he was rebuked for his own transgression,
2 Peter 2:16. (Philostratus vit. Apoll. 2, 22 [p. 74, Olear. edition];
Sept.,
Job 21:4;
Job 23:2, for
שִׂיחַ complaint; [Protevangel. Jacob. 16, 1
τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς ἐλέγξεως κυρίου (
Sept. Numbers 5:18 τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ ἐλεγμοῦ)].)
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