noun · masculine
elenchos
Strong’sG1650
a proof, persuasion, reproof
stem elench-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἔλεγχος, -ου, ὁ
(ἐλέγχω) [in LXX: freq. in Pr, Jb (תּוֺכַחַת) Wi 5, Si 3, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1650 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidel'-eng-khos
proof, conviction
Fromfrom G1651;
King Jamesevidence, reproof.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
B argument of disproof or refutation, πολύδηρις ἔ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλέγχου ἄγνοια, ignoratio elenchi, Refs 1st c.BC+
B.II generally, cross-examining, testing, scrutiny, especially for purposes of refutation, οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεγχον does not admit of disproof, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῶνδ᾽ ἔλεγχον, absolutely, as a test of this, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔ. παραδοῦναί τινι to give him an opportunity of refuting, Refs 5th c.BC+; δόμεν τι βασάνῳ ἐς ἔ. to submit it to scrutiny, Refs 5th c.BC+; χρυσὸς νόθου ἀρετῆς ἔ. Refs; ἀρετῆς ἔ. δοῦναι a proof or test of it, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔ. διδόναι τοῦ βίου to give an account of one's life, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔ. ποιεῖν τινός to test it, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔ. λαβεῖν τινός make trial of it, Refs; ἐλέγχους ἀποδέχεσθαι to admit tests, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλέγχους προσφέρειν to allege them, Refs 5th c.BC+; διάπειρα βροτῶν ἔ. Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ἔ. πεσεῖν to be convicted, Refs 5th c.BC+; δεικνυμένων ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ἔ. ἐξιέναι to proceed to the proof, put to the test, Refs; or, to be put to the proof, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ περὶ Παυσανίαν ἔ. the evidence on which he was convicted, NT+5th c.BC+
B.III Ἔλεγχος personified, Refs 4th c.BC+
B.III.b applied to Refs 1st c.AD+
B.IV catalogue, inventory, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.V drop-pearl, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | elenchos1×ἔλεγχος | elenchois |
| object accusative | elenchon | elenchoin |
| direct address vocative | elenchor | elenchoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | elenchou | elenchoiu |
| to, for dative | elencho | elenchoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
elencho 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
elenchos“conviction”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 11:1“conviction”Atō de pistias elpizorōnteiu hupostasias, pragmeiu elenchos ouk bleporōnteiu;Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.