Lexicon exelegchó: convince. Original Word: ἐξελέγχωTransliteration: exelegchó Phonetic Spelling: (ex-el-eng'-kho) Short Definition: convince HELPS word-Studies 1827 ekselégxō (from 1537 /ek, "completely out from" intensifying 1651/elegxō, "convict") – properly, thoroughly convict; (figuratively) God offering to bring people out of their sin and completely into His persuasions (revelations of faith). Note the force of the prefix (ek). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originvariant reading for elegchó, q.v. Thayer's STRONGS NT 1827: ἐξελέγχωἐξελέγχω: 1 aorist infinitive ἐξἐλέγξαι; ( ἐξ strengthens the simple verb (cf. ἐκ, VI. 6)); to prove to be in the wrong, convict, (chiefly in Attic writings): by punishing, τινα περί τίνος, Jude 1:15 Rec. (see ἐλέγχω, 1) of God as judge, as in Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3 for הוכִיחַ.
Strong's convince. From ek and elegcho; to convict fully, i.e. (by implication) to punish -- convince. see GREEK ek see GREEK elegcho |
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