ἐπιπλήσσω
epiplḗssō · G1969 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to rebuke, to reproach, to denounce
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐπιπλήσσω ‘to strike,’ not occurring in the NT) To express strong disapproval as a type of punishment
Examples1 Timothy 5:1 Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, and to the younger men as brothers,
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: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρεσβύτεροςelder, older 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μήnot 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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Semantic domains 1 entry
- To rebuke, to reproach, to denounce33.420
- Paul instructs Timothy in 1 Timothy 5:1, “Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father,” ἐπιπλήσσω naming the harsh rebuke Timothy is told to avoid using toward an older believer.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἐπεπληξα; a. properly, to strike upon, beat upon: Homer, Iliad 10, 500. b.…
a. properly, to strike upon, beat upon: Homer, Iliad 10, 500.
b. tropically, to chastise with words, to chide, upbraid, rebuke: 1 Tim 5:1. (Homer, Iliad 12, 211; Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, others.)
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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