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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #1649 - ἔλεγξις
Transliteration
élenxis
Phonetics
el'-eng-xis
Origin
from (G1651)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TDNT
2:476,221
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- refutation, rebuke
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
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Verse Results

KJV (1)
2 Peter
1
HCS (0)
HCS (1)
2 Peter
1
BSB (1)
2 Peter
1
ESV (1)
2 Peter
1
WEB (1)
2 Peter
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
ἔλεγξις, εως, ἡ,
1. refuting, reproving, LXX Job 21:4,al.; πικρὸς πρὸς τὰς ἐ. Philostr. VA 2.22 (pl.).
2. conviction, παρανομίας 2 Peter 2:16.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
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)).)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
† ἐλεγξις , -εως , ἡ
(< ἐλέγχω ),
[in LXX: Job 21:4; Job 23:2 (H7879) *;]
rebuke: 2 Peter 2:16.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
ελεγξιν έλεγξιν ἔλεγξιν έλεγξις elenxin élenxin