Lexical Summary elenxis: reproof Original Word: ἔλεγξιςTransliteration: elenxis Phonetic Spelling: (el'-eng-xis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: reproof Meaning: reproof Strong's Concordance rebuke. From elegcho; refutation, i.e. Reproof -- rebuke. see GREEK elegcho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1649: ἔλεγξιςἔλεγξις, ἐλεγξεως, ἡ (ἐλέγχω, which see), refutation, rebuke; (Vulg.correptio; Augustine,convictio): ἔλεγξιν ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας, he was rebuked for his own transgression, 2 Peter 2:16. (Philostr. vit. Apoll. 2, 22 (p. 74, Olear. edition); the Sept., Job 21:4; Job 23:2, for שִׂיחַ complaint; (Protevangel. Jacob. 16, 1 τό ὕδωρ τῆς ἐλεγξεως κυρίου (the Sept. Numbers 5:18 τό ὑδδορ τοῦ ἐλεγμοῦ)).) |
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