Word

ἐλέγχω

elénchō · G1651 · Greek · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

to rebuke, to reproach, rebuke, reproach

To state that someone has done wrong, with the implication that there is adequate proof of such wrongdoing

Examples
Matthew 18:15 “Now if your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Luke 3:19 But when Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him regarding Herodias, his brother’s wife, and regarding all the evil things which Herod had done,
John 3:20 “For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed.

How it’s used In 4 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

17 occurrences in 9 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 6
Not stated (participle) 4
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

7 occurrences in 8 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
ἐγώI, we 1
ἔχωto have 1
ἁμαρτάνωto sin, to do wrong 1
κόσμοςworld 1
ἀντιλέγωto oppose 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

11 occurrences in 12 groups

Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 4 groups

καίand 1
μᾶλλονmore, more than, to a greater degree 1
μήnot 1
ἀποτόμωςharshly 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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In the other Testament 1 word

יָכַח yâkach · H3198 · to settle disputes, arbiter, to correct: Greek ἐλέγχω (elénchō, G1651) primarily convicts or exposes wrongdoing with authoritative correction, while Hebrew יָכַח (yâkach, H3198) encompasses a broader forensic range including legal disputation, reasoning together, and judicial arbitration alongside rebuke; both share the core sense of corrective confrontation that brings hidden or disputed matters to light.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To rebuke, to reproach, rebuke, reproach33.417: Used in Matthew 18:15, where Jesus instructs that if a brother sins, one should go and show him his fault in private, and in John 8:9, of those who heard Jesus' words about the woman caught in adultery and left one by one, convicted by their own conscience.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐλέγχωelénchō · G1651ἔλεγχος élenchos · G1650 · proof, verification, evidence for · 2×ἀπελεγμός apelegmós · G557 · serious criticism, reproach · 1×διακατελέγχομαι diakatelénchomai · G1246 · to refute, to defeat in debate · 1×ἔλεγξις élenxis · G1649 · to rebuke, to reproach, rebuke · 1×ἐξελέγχω exelénchō · G1827 · to convict fully, i.e. to punish · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future ἐλέγξω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐλέγξαι, imperative ἔλεγξον; (passive, present…

future ἐλέγξω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐλέγξαι, imperative ἔλεγξον; (passive, present ἐλέγχομαι; 1 aorist ἐλεγχθην); the Sept. for הוכִיחַ;
1. to convict, refute, confute, generally with a suggestion of the shame of the person convicted ("ἐλέγχεινhateigentlichnichtdieBedeutung 'tadeln,schmähen,zurechtweisen,'welcheihmdieLexikazuschreiben,sondernbedeutetnichtsalsüberführen (Schmidt, chapter 4: § 12)): τινα, of crime, fault, or error; of sin, 1 Cor 14:24; ἐλεγχόμενοι ὑπό τοῦ νόμου ὡς παραβάται, Jas 2:9; ὑπό τῆς συνειδήσεως, Jn 8:9 R G (Philo, Works, ii., p. 649 (ed. Mang., vi. 203, Richter edition, fragment περί ἀναστάσεως καί κρίσεως) τό συνειδός ἔλεγχος ἀδέκαστος καί πάντων ἀψευδεστατος); followed by περί with the genitive of thing, Jn 8:46; Jn 16:8, and L T Tr WH in Jude 1:15 (Aristophanes, Plutarch, 574); contextually, by conviction to bring to light, to expose: τί, Jn 3:20, cf. 21; Eph 5:11, Eph 5:13 (Aristophanes ecclesiastical 485; τά κρυπτά, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 68; ἐπιστάμενος, ὡς εἰ καί λαθοι ἡ ἐπιβουλή καί μή ἐλεγχθειη, Herodian, 3, 12, 11 (4th edition, Bekker); others); used of the exposure and confutation of false teachers of Christianity, Tit 1:9, Tit 1:13; ταῦτα ἔλεγχε, utter these things by way of refutation, Tit 2:15.
2. to find fault with, correct;
a. by word; to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove: Jude 1:22 L T Tr text; 1 Tim 5:20; 2 Tim 4:2; τινα περί τίνος, Lk 3:19; contextually, to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation: τινα, from someone, Mt 18:15.
b. by deed; to chasten, punish (according to the translation of the Hebrew הוכִיחַ, Ps 37:2, etc.; Wis. 12:2): Heb 12:5 (from Prov 3:11); Rev 3:19. (On this word cf. J. C. Hare, The Mission of the Comforter, note L; Trench, § iv. Compare: ἐξελέγχω, διακατελεγχὡ(μαἰ.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Rebuke17 occurrences

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