King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1649
Transliteration: elenxis
Phonetic Spelling: (el'-eng-xis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: reproof
Meaning: reproof
ἔλεγξις, 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)).)
Word 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)).)