noun · feminine

elenxias

Greekἔλεγξις (elenxis)

Strong’sG1649

rebuke, reproof, refutation

stem elenxi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

rebuke1×

What it means

† ἔλεγξις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἐλέγχω), [in LXX: Jb 21:4 23:2 (שִׂיחַ) *;]

rebuke: II Pe 2:16.†

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

Strong’s G1649 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidel'-eng-xis

refutation, i.e. reproof

Fromfrom G1651;

King Jamesrebuke.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	elenxias	elenxiais
object accusative	elenxian1×ἔλεγξιν	elenxiain
direct address vocative	elenxiar	elenxiair
of, belonging to genitive	elenxiau	elenxiaiu
to, for dative	elenxia	elenxiai

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

elenxistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

elenxia 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

elenxian“rebuke”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Peter 2:16“rebuke”elenxian de echata idiau paranomiau; hupozugiem afōnem en anthrōpou fōna fthengeratem kōluata tan tou profētou parafronian.But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.