Strong's Lexicon elegxis: Reproof, conviction, evidence Original Word: ἔλεγχις HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 1649 élegksis (a feminine noun) – the brand of conviction that rebukes the sin of double-mindedness. See 2 Pet 2:16 (the only occurrence of 1649 /élegksis) where the rebuke fits, being upbraided by a talking-donkey (where the ass had more sense than Balaam)! See 1651 (elegxō). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1649: ἔλεγξιςἔλεγξις, ἐλεγξεως, ἡ (ἐλέγχω, which see), refutation, rebuke; (Vulg.correptio; Augustine,convictio): ἔλεγξιν ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας, he was rebuked for his own transgression, 2 Peter 2:16. (Philostr. vit. Apoll. 2, 22 (p. 74, Olear. edition); the Sept., Job 21:4; Job 23:2, for שִׂיחַ complaint; (Protevangel. Jacob. 16, 1 τό ὕδωρ τῆς ἐλεγξεως κυρίου (the Sept. Numbers 5:18 τό ὑδδορ τοῦ ἐλεγμοῦ)).) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance rebuke. From elegcho; refutation, i.e. Reproof -- rebuke. see GREEK elegcho Forms and Transliterations ελεγξιν έλεγξιν ἔλεγξιν έλεγξις elenxin élenxinLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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