Reprove Reproof

Reprove Reproof

'''A — 1: ἔλεγχος (Strong'S #1650 — Noun Masculine — elegmos — el'-eng-khos )

"a reproof" (akin to B), is found in the best texts in  2 Timothy 3:16 (some mss. have elenchos, which denotes "a proof, proving, test," as in   Hebrews 11:1 , "proving," Rv marg., "test"). Cp. elenxis, "rebuke,"  2 Peter 2:16 (lit., "had rebuke").

'''B — 1: ἐλέγχω (Strong'S #1651 — Verb — elencho — el-eng'-kho )

"to convict, rebuke, reprove," is translated "to reprove" in  Luke 3:19;  John 3:20 , Rv marg., "convicted;" the real meaning here is "exposed" (Av marg., "discovered");  Ephesians 5:11,13 , where "to expose" is again the significance; in  John 16:8 , Av, "will reprove" (Rv, "will convict"); in  1 Corinthians 14:24 , Rv, "reproved" (Av, "convinced"); in the following the Rv has "to reprove," for Av, "to rebuke,"  1 Timothy 5:20;  Titus 2:15;  Hebrews 12:5;  Revelation 3:19; for synonymous words see Convict and Rebuke.