Discredit
ἀπελεγμόςStrong’s G0557apelegmos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Apelegmos is the Greek word usually translated “disrepute”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “disrepute”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- disrepute 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀπελεγμός apelegmos · discredit
ἀπ-ελεγμός, -οῦ, ὁ (ἀπελέγχω, to convict, refute), refutation, disrepute: ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἀ., Act.19:27 (not elsewhere; see MM, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “discredit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISCREDIT, noun
[See the Verb.]
- Want of credit or good reputation; some degree of disgrace or reproach; disesteem; applied to persons or things.
- Want of belief, trust or confidence; disbelief; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit
All definitions and other forms of “discredit”
DISCREDIT, verb transitive
- To disbelieve; to give no credit to; not to credit or believe; as, the report is discredited.
- To deprive of credit or good reputation; to make less reputable or honorable; to bring into disesteem; to bring into some degree of disgrace, or into disrepute.
- To deprive of credibility.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.