Word Summary
exelenchō: convince
Original Word: ἐξελέγχωTransliteration: exelenchō
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-el-eng'-kho)
Short Definition: convince
Meaning: convince
Strong's Concordance
convince.
From ek and elegcho; to convict fully, i.e. (by implication) to punish -- convince.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK elegcho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1827: ἐξελέγχωἐξελέγχω: 1 aorist infinitive
ἐξἐλέγξαι; (
ἐξ strengthens the simple verb (cf.
ἐκ, VI. 6));
to prove to be in the wrong, convict, (chiefly in Attic writings): by punishing,
τινα περί τίνος,
Jude 1:15 Rec. (see
ἐλέγχω, 1) of God as judge, as in
Isaiah 2:4;
Micah 4:3 for
הוכִיחַ.