Convince
King James Dictionary [1]
Convince, L to vanquish.
1. To persuade or satisfy the mind by evidence to subdue the opposition of the mind to truth, or to what is alledged, and compel it to yield its assent as, to convince a man of his errors or to convince him of the truth.
For he mightily convinced the Jews--showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. Acts 18 .
2. To convict to prove guilty to constrain one to admit or acknowledge himself to be guilty.
If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of by the law as transgressors. James 2 .
To convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds. Jude 1:15 .
3. To envince to prove. 4. To overpower to surmount to vanquish.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Convince . Adams ( Serm . ii. 38) says: ‘Whatsoever is written is written either for our instruction or destruction; to convert us if we embrace it, to convince us if we despise it.’ This is the meaning of ‘convince’ in the AV [Note: Authorized Version.] . It is what we now express by convict . Thus Judges 1:15 ‘to convince all that are ungodly among them of their ungodly deeds.’
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
(2): (v. t.) To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
(3): (v. t.) To confute; to prove the fallacy of.
(4): (v. t.) To prove guilty; to convict.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
kon - vins ´ (ἐλέγχω , elégchō ): Another form etymologically of "convict," means to bring to a decision concerning the truth or the falsehood of a proposition ( Job 32:12 ). As usually applied to what is of a more individual and private character, and having reference to what is either good or bad, or what is in itself without moral quality, it has given way in the Revised Version (British and American) to either "convict," "reprove" or "confute." See Convict .
