Greek verb · G1651
ἐλέγχω
elenchoel-eng'-kho
in Hom., to treat with contempt.; to convict; to reprove, rebuke; to expose
17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: elénchō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1651is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 27New Testament books
- 13spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1651
to confute, admonish
The King James renders it: convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
elencho is rendered "in Hom., to treat with contempt.; to convict; to reprove, rebuke; to expose". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across twelve books.
- Three of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "in Hom., to treat with contempt.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Matthew 18:15ἔλεγξον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: in Hom., to treat with contempt., and to convict, and to reprove, rebuke, and to expose.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in Hom., to treat with contempt. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you… |
| to convictwith accusative, Mat.18:15 (RV, show him his fault), Tit.1:9; before περί, Jhn.8:46 16:8, Ju 15; pass., Jas.2:9. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you… |
| to reprove, rebuke1Ti.5:20 | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 3:19But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils… |
| to exposeEph.5:11; pass. | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἔλεγχε3
- ἔλεγξον2
- ἐλεγχόμενος2
- ἐλέγξαι1
- ἐλέγξει1
- ἐλέγχει1
- ἐλέγχειν.¶1
- ἐλέγχεται1
- ἐλέγχετε1
- ἐλεγχθῇ1
- ἐλεγχόμενα1
- ἐλεγχόμενοι1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular3V-PAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular2V-AAM-2S
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PPP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PPI-3S
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PPP-NPM
Matthew
one use
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- ἔλεγξονelegxonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do reprove
Luke
one use
But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
- ἐλεγχόμενοςelegchomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being reproved
John
three uses
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- ἐλεγχθῇelegchtheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be exposed
Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
- ἐλέγχειelegcheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: convicts
And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
- ἐλέγξειelegxeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will convict
1 Corinthians
one use
But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
- ἐλέγχεταιelegchetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he is convicted
Ephesians
two uses
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- ἐλέγχετεelegcheteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do expose
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
- ἐλεγχόμεναelegchomenaverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: being exposed
1 Timothy
one use
But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- ἔλεγχεelegcheverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do rebuke
2 Timothy
one use
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
- ἔλεγξονelegxonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do convict
Titus
three uses
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
- ἐλέγχειν.¶elegcheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to convict
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
- ἔλεγχεelegcheverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do rebuke
Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
- ἔλεγχεelegcheverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do rebuke
Hebrews
one use
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- ἐλεγχόμενοςelegchomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being reproved
James
one use
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
- ἐλεγχόμενοιelegchomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being convicted
Jude
one use
to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
- ἐλέγξαιelegxaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to convict
Revelation
one use
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- ἐλέγχωelegchoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I rebuke
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.