STRONGS G1650:
ἔλεγχος,
-ου,
ὁ, (
ἐλέγχω);
1. a proof, that by which a thing is proved or
tested, (
τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔλεγχον δώσει, Demosthenes 44, 15
[i. e. in
Phil. 1, 15];
τῆς εὐψυχίας, Euripides, Herc. fur. 162;
ἐνθάδ’ ὁ ἔλεγχος τοῦ πράγματος, Epictetus diss. 3, 10, 11; others):
τῶν [or rather,
πραγμάτων]
οὐ βλεπομένων, that by which invisible things are proved (and we are convinced of their reality),
Hebrews 11:1 (
Vulg. argumentum non apparentium [
Tdf. rerum arg. non parentum]); [others take the word here (in accordance with the preceding
ὑπόστασις, which see) of the inward result of proving viz.
a conviction; see Lünem, at the passage].
2. conviction (Augustine,
convictio):
πρὸς ἔλεγχον, for convicting one of his sinfulness,
2 Timothy 3:16 R G. (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others;
Sept. chiefly for
תּוכַחַת.)
Related entry:
ἐλεγμός,
οῦ,
ὁ, (
ἐλέγχω),
correction, reproof, censure: 2 Tim 3:16 L T Tr WH for
R G ἔλεγχον. (Sir 21:6; Sir 35:17(Sir 32:17)), etc.; for
תּוכַחַת chastisement, punishment,
2 Kings 19:3;
Psalm 149:7; [
Isaiah 37:3; etc.]. Not found in secular writings).
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