ἐλέγχω elegchō

Greek word for “to rebuke” · Strong’s G1651 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

ἐλέγχω; 1. in Hom., to treat with contempt.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for elegchō in context, with how often each is used:

• do rebuke 3
• being reproved 2
• being convicted 2
• convict 2
• do reprove 1
• may be exposed 1
• convicts 1
• will convict 1
• convicted 1
• do expose 1
• being exposed 1
• do convict 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 8 (2), Ephesians 5 (2), Titus 1 (2), Matthew 18 (1), Luke 3 (1), John 3 (1), John 16 (1), 1 Corinthians 14 (1), 1 Timothy 5 (1), 2 Timothy 4 (1)

Forms

• ἔλεγχε 3
• ἔλεγξον 2
• ἐλεγχόμενος 2
• ἐλεγχόμενοι 2
• ἐλεγχθῇ 1
• ἐλέγχει 1
• ἐλέγξει 1
• ἐλέγχεται 1
• ἐλέγχετε 1
• ἐλεγχόμενα 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with elegchō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ὑπό hupo “by/under” 6
• περί peri “about” 4
• ὑγιαίνω hugiainō “be healthy” 2
• παρακαλέω parakaleō “to plead/comfort” 3
• ἁμαρτία hamartia “sin” 3
• ἔργον ergon “work” 3
• διδαχή didachē “teaching” 2
• ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō “to sin” 2
• κρίσις krisis “judgment” 2
• φῶς phōs “light” 2
• ἐάν ean “if” 3
• κατά kata “according to” 3

Key verses

The verses using elegchō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 18:15 — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• John 3:20 — For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
• John 8:9 — And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone,…
• Ephesians 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
• 1 Timothy 5:20 — Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
• 2 Timothy 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
• Titus 1:9 — Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
• Titus 2:15 — These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
• Hebrews 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art…
• James 2:9 — But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
• Jude 1:15 — To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their…
• Revelation 3:19 — As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.