To rebuke
ἐπιτιμάωStrong’s G2008epitimaō
Appears in 29 verses of the New Testament
In short
Epitimaō is the Greek word usually translated “rebuked”, “were rebuking” and “do rebuke”. It appears in 29 verses of the New Testament.
“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.”
Meaning
Usually translated “rebuked”, “were rebuking” and “do rebuke”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he rebuked 7
- rebuked 7
- were rebuking 3
- do rebuke 3
- he warned 2
- to rebuke 2
- rebuking 2
- he was rebuking 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 12
- Mark 9
- Matthew 6
- 2 Timothy 1
- Jude 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 8:26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
- Matthew 12:16And charged them that they should not make him known:
- Matthew 16:22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
- Matthew 17:18And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
- Matthew 19:13Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
- Matthew 20:31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
Greek dictionary
ἐπιτιμάω epitimaō · to rebuke
ἐπι-τιμάω, -ῶ [in LXX for גָּעַר, Gen.37:10, Psa.9:5, Zec.3:2; Sir.11:7, al. ;] 1. to honour. 2. to raise in price 3. to mete out due measure; (a) to award; (b) to censure, rebuke, admonish: absol., 2Ti.4:2; with dative, Mat.8:26 17:13 19:13, Mrk.4:39 8:32 10:13, Luk.4:39, 41 8:24 9:21, 42 9:55 17:3 18:15 19:39, Ju 9; before ἵνα, Mat.12:16 16:20 20:31, Mrk.3:12 8:30 10:48, Luk.18:39; before λέγων, λέγει, etc., Mat.16:22, Mrk.1:25 8:33 9:25, Luk.4:35 23:40.† SYN.: ἐλέγχω, q.v (AS)
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.