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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

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Strong's Number G1650 matches the Greek ἔλεγχος (elegchos),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

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