STRONGS G1651:
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 ("
ἐλέγχειν hat eigentlich nicht die Bedeutung '
tadeln,
schmähen,
zurechtweisen,'
welche ihm die Lexika zuschreiben,
sondern bedeutet nichts als überführen" (
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 ἡ 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 (
Ps. 38:2), 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:
ἐξ-,
δια-κατ-(-μαἰ).)
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