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Lexicon :: Strong's G1650 - elegchos

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ἔλεγχος
Transliteration
elegchos (Key)
Pronunciation
el'-eng-khos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:476,221

Trench's Synonyms: iv. ἐπιτιμάω, ἐλέγχω (αἰτία, ἔλεγχος).

Strong’s Definitions

†ἔλεγχος élenchos, el'-eng-khos; from G1651; proof, conviction:—evidence, reproof.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1650 in the following manner: reproof (1x), evidence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1650 in the following manner: reproof (1x), evidence (1x).

  1. a proof, that by which a thing is proved or tested

  2. conviction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἔλεγχος élenchos, el'-eng-khos; from G1651; proof, conviction:—evidence, reproof.
STRONGS G1650:
ἔλεγχος, -ου, ὁ, (ἐλέγχω);
1. a proof, that by which a thing is proved or tested, (τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸν ἔλεγχον δώσει, Demosthenes 44, 15 [i. e. in Phil. 1, 15]; τῆς εὐψυχίας, Euripides, Herc. fur. 162; ἐνθάδ’ ὁ ἔλεγχος τοῦ πράγματος, Epictetus diss. 3, 10, 11; others): τῶν [or rather, πραγμάτων] οὐ βλεπομένων, that by which invisible things are proved (and we are convinced of their reality), Hebrews 11:1 (Vulg. argumentum non apparentium [Tdf. rerum arg. non parentum]); [others take the word here (in accordance with the preceding ὑπόστασις, which see) of the inward result of proving viz. a conviction; see Lünem, at the passage].
2. conviction (Augustine, convictio): πρὸς ἔλεγχον, for convicting one of his sinfulness, 2 Timothy 3:16 R G. (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others; Sept. chiefly for תּוכַחַת.)

Related entry:
ἐλεγμός, οῦ, ὁ, (ἐλέγχω), correction, reproof, censure: 2 Tim 3:16 L T Tr WH for R G ἔλεγχον. (Sir 21:6; Sir 35:17(Sir 32:17)), etc.; for תּוכַחַת chastisement, punishment, 2 Kings 19:3; Psalm 149:7; [Isaiah 37:3; etc.]. Not found in secular writings).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Timothy
3:16
Hebrews
11:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1650 matches the Greek ἔλεγχος (elegchos),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:4 - I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:14 - For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:23 - Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 - They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 - Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18 - Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:15 - The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14 - So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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