διακατελέγχομαι
diakatelénchomai · G1246 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to refute, to defeat in debate
To refute completely in a debate
ExamplesActs 18:28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὐτόνωςvigorously 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀντιλέγω antilégō · G483 · to oppose, to speak in opposition to
- Both involve verbal opposition in debate, though ἀντιλέγω focuses on contradicting or speaking against while διακατελέγχομαι emphasizes the thoroughness of refutation and proving the opponent wrong.
In the other Testament 1 word
- יָכַח yâkach · H3198 · to settle disputes, arbiter, to correct
- Standard Hebrew translation-equivalent for confuting/proving/reproving in debate and legal contexts; the primary Hebrew verb for argumentation that convinces or refutes an opponent.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To refute, to defeat in debate33.443
- Used of decisively winning a public argument, as of Apollos powerfully refuting the Jews in public, demonstrating from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ, in Acts 18:28.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : imperfect διακατηλεγχομην; to confute with rivalry and effort or in a contest (on this…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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