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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 BoxJob 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:4 - I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:14 - All day long I have been afflicted, and every morning brings new punishments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:23 - Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:25 - since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:30 - Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:12 - You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 - Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:18 - Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:13 - Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:15 - A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14 - I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it[fn] falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand at my watch and station myself on the ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[fn]
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