verb

diakatelenchemō

Greekδιακατελέγχομαι (diakatelenchomai)

Strong’sG1246

I utterly refute

stem diakatelench-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

refuted1×

What it means

*† δια-κατ-ελέγχομαι

to confute completely: Ac 18:28.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1246 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-ak-at-el-eng'-khom-ahee

to prove downright, i.e. confute

Frommiddle voice from G1223 and a compound of G2596 and G1651;

King Jamesconvince.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
diakatelencheteδιακατηλέγχετο	was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle indicative 3rd person singular	refuted	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	diakatelenchemō	diakatelencheme	diakatelenchemi	diakatelenchema	diakatelenchemē	diakatelenchemelē
you 2nd person singular	diakatelenchesō	diakatelenchese	diakatelenchesi	diakatelenchesa	diakatelenchesē	diakatelencheselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakatelenchetō	diakatelenchete1×διακατηλέγχετο	diakatelencheti	diakatelencheta	diakatelenchetē	diakatelenchetelē
we 1st person plural	diakatelenchenō	diakatelenchene	diakatelencheni	diakatelenchena	diakatelenchenē	diakatelenchenelē
ye 2nd person plural	diakatelenchevō	diakatelencheve	diakatelenchevi	diakatelencheva	diakatelenchevē	diakatelenchevelē
they 3rd person plural	diakatelenchelō	diakatelenchele	diakatelencheli	diakatelenchela	diakatelenchelē	diakatelenchelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	diakatelenchemeiō	diakatelenchemeia	diakatelenchemeiē
you 2nd person singular	diakatelencheseiō	diakatelencheseia	diakatelencheseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakatelencheteiō	diakatelencheteia	diakatelencheteiē
we 1st person plural	diakatelencheneiō	diakatelencheneia	diakatelencheneiē
ye 2nd person plural	diakatelencheveiō	diakatelencheveia	diakatelencheveiē
they 3rd person plural	diakatelencheleiō	diakatelencheleia	diakatelencheleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	diakatelenchesōr	diakatelenchesar	diakatelenchesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakatelenchetōr	diakatelenchetar	diakatelenchetēr
ye 2nd person plural	diakatelenchevōr	diakatelenchevar	diakatelenchevēr
they 3rd person plural	diakatelenchelōr	diakatelenchelar	diakatelenchelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	diakatelenchemoiō	diakatelenchemoia
you 2nd person singular	diakatelenchesoiō	diakatelenchesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakatelenchetoiō	diakatelenchetoia
we 1st person plural	diakatelenchenoiō	diakatelenchenoia
ye 2nd person plural	diakatelenchevoiō	diakatelenchevoia
they 3rd person plural	diakatelencheloiō	diakatelencheloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	diakatelencherō	diakatelencheri	diakatelenchera	diakatelencherē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	diakatelencherōtos	diakatelencheritos	diakatelencheratos	diakatelencherētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

diakatelenchstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

diakatelench is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

diakatelenchete“refuted”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 18:28“refuted”eutonōs gar toi Ioudaioi diakatelenchete dēmosia epideiknuarōtos dia taiu grafaiu arō ton christon Iēsun.For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.