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To rebuke

ἐλέγχωStrong’s G1651

elegchō

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.”
1 Timothy 5:20 KJV
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.

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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.]

  1. To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault; to check by reproof.“Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor” Leviticus 19:17
  2. To check or restrain.“The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan” Zechariah 3:2
  3. To chasten; to punish; to afflict for correction.“O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger” Psalms 6:1
  4. To check; to silence.“Master, rebuke thy disciples” Luke 19:39
All definitions and other forms of “rebuke”
  1. To check; to heal.“And he stood over her and rebuked the fever” Luke 4:39
  2. To restrain; to calm.“He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea” Matthew 8:26

REBU'KE, noun

  1. A chiding; reproof for faults; reprehension.
  2. In Scripture, chastisement; punishment; affliction for the purpose of restraint and correction. Ezekiel 5:15
  3. 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.