Demonstration
ἔνδειξιςStrong’s G1732endeixis
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Endeixis is the Greek word usually translated “showing forth”, “proof” and “demonstration”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
Meaning
Usually translated “showing forth”, “proof” and “demonstration”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a showing forth 1
- showing forth 1
- the proof 1
- a demonstration 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Philippians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 3:26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 8:24Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
- Philippians 1:28And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Greek dictionary
ἔνδειξις endeixis · demonstration
ἔν-δειξις, -εως, ἡ (ἐνδείκνυμι), a pointing out, showing forth, proof (see: ἔνδειγμα): Rom.3:25-26, 2Co.8:24, Php.1:28.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “demonstration” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEMONSTRATION, noun
- The act of demonstrating, or of exhibiting certain proof.
- The highest degree of evidence; certain proof exhibited, or such proof as establishes a fact or proposition beyond a possibility of doubt, or as shows the contrary position to be absurd or impossible.
- Indubitable evidence of the senses, or of reason; evidence which satisfies the mind of the certainty of a fact or proposition.
- In logic, a series of syllogisms, all whose premises are either definitions, self-evident truths, or propositions already established.
All definitions
- Show; exhibition.
- In anatomy, the exhibition of parts dissected.
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.