To rebuke
ἐλέγχωStrong’s G1651elegchō
Appears in 18 verses of the New Testament
In short
Elegchō is the Greek word usually translated “do rebuke”, “being reproved” and “being convicted”. It appears in 18 verses of the New Testament.
“Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.”
Meaning
Usually translated “do rebuke”, “being reproved” and “being convicted”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- do rebuke 3
- being reproved 2
- being convicted 2
- to convict 2
- do reprove 1
- may be exposed 1
- convicts 1
- will convict 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- Titus 3
- Ephesians 2
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 1:9In contextHolding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
- Titus 1:13In contextThis witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
- Titus 2:15In contextThese things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
- Jude 1:15In contextTo execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
- Matthew 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Luke 3:19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Greek dictionary
ἐλέγχω elegchō · to rebuke
ἐλέγχω [in LXX chiefly for יָכַח hi. ;] 1. in Hom., to treat with contempt. 2. to convict: with accusative, Mat.18:15 (RV, show him his fault), Tit.1:9; before περί, Jhn.8:46 16:8, Ju 15; pass., Jas.2:9. 3. to reprove, rebuke: 1Ti.5:20, 2Ti.4:2, Tit.1:13 2:15, Rev.3:19; pass., before περί, Luk.3:19; ὑπό, Heb.12:5 (LXX). 4. to expose: Eph.5:11; pass., Jhn.3:20, 1Co.14:24 (RV reprove, mg. convict), Eph.5:13 (RV, as 1 Co, l.with, of. AR on Eph.5:11; MM, Exp., xii; cf. ἐξ-, δια-κατ-ελέγχομαι).† …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rebuke” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REBU'KE, verb transitive
[See Pack and Impeach.]
- To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault; to check by reproof.“Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor” Leviticus 19:17
- To check or restrain.“The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan” Zechariah 3:2
- To chasten; to punish; to afflict for correction.“O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger” Psalms 6:1
- To check; to silence.“Master, rebuke thy disciples” Luke 19:39
All definitions and other forms of “rebuke”
- To check; to heal.“And he stood over her and rebuked the fever” Luke 4:39
- To restrain; to calm.“He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea” Matthew 8:26
REBU'KE, noun
- A chiding; reproof for faults; reprehension.
- In Scripture, chastisement; punishment; affliction for the purpose of restraint and correction. Ezekiel 5:15
- In low language, any kind of check.
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.