Skip to content
The Historic Faith
Strong's Concordance
Greek Word Study

Strong's G1651 ἐλέγχω (elencho)

Elencho means “confute” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1651 — geshuri in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1651
Language Greek
Linked Usages 81
Books 29

Strong's G1651 Quick Answer

Strong's G1651 ἐλέγχω (elegcho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. elegcho (el-eng'-kho) v. 1. to confute, admonish [of uncertain affinity] It has 81 linked Bible usages across 29 books. Visible English usage signals include rebuke, reprove, tell, convicted, and convince. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
elegcho (el-eng'-kho) v. 1. to confute, admonish [of uncertain affinity]
Usage
81 linked usages
Books
29 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
rebuke, reprove, tell, convicted, and convince

Meaning and Definition

elegcho (el-eng'-kho) v. 1. to confute, admonish [of uncertain affinity] KJV: convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove

Original Word
ἐλέγχω
Transliteration
elegcho
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1651. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to rebuke

Usage: ἐλέγχω [in LXX chiefly for יָכַח hi. ;] __1. in Hom., to treat with contempt. __2. to convict: with accusative, Mat.18:15 (RV, show him his fault), Tit.1:9; before περί, Jhn.8:46 16:8, Ju 15; pass., Jas.2:9. __3. to reprove, re­buke: 1Ti.5:20, 2Ti.4:2, Tit.1:13 2:15, Rev.3:19; pass., before περί, Luk.3:19; ὑπό, Heb.12:5 (LXX). __4. to expose: Eph.5:11; pass., Jhn.3:20, 1Co.14:24 (RV reprove, mg. convict), Eph.5:13 (RV, as 1 Co, l.with, of. AR on Eph.5:11; MM, Exp., xii; cf.

ἐξ-, δια-κατ-ελέγχομαι).† SYN.: ἐπιτιμῶ, expressing simply rebuke, which may be un­deserved (Mat.16:22) or ineffectual (Luk.23:40), while ἐλ. implies rebuke which brings conviction (see Tr., Syn., § iv) (AS)

STEPBible · Tyndale House, Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

How Strong's G1651 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render elegcho, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

rebuke 1 Timothy 5:20 reprove John 16:8 convicted John 8:9 convince Titus 1:9 tell Matthew 18:15

How Strong's G1651 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 48 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1651 (ἐλέγχω) appears 65 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

Read the full Greek Septuagint interlinear with Strong's →

Strong's G1651 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1651 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 18:15 KJV

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

Luke 3:19 KJV

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

John 3:20 KJV

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Strong's G1651 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

48 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 21:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.

Genesis 31:37 Septuagint / Brenton

and that thou hast searched all the furniture of my house? what hast thou found of all the furniture of thy house? set it here between thy relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two.

Genesis 31:42 Septuagint / Brenton

Unless I had the God of my father Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, now thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.

Strong's G1651 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:3 Septuagint / Brenton

For froward thoughts separate from God: And his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:5 Septuagint / Brenton

For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, And remove from thoughts that are without understanding, And will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:8 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hidden: Neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.

Strong's G1651 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

1 Enoch 13:8 Septuagint / Brenton

asleep. And behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw visions of chastisement, and a voice came bidding (me) I to tell it to the sons of heaven, and reprimand them.

1 Enoch 13:10 Septuagint / Brenton

'Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered. And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak the words of righteousness, and to reprimand the heavenly Watchers.

Usage Excerpts

First 81 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1651.

Genesis 21:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.
Genesis 31:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and that thou hast searched all the furniture of my house? what hast thou found of all the furniture of thy house? set it here between thy relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two.
Genesis 31:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Unless I had the God of my father Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, now thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday.
Leviticus 5:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
of any kind, about which he swore unjustly, he shall even restore it in full; and he shall add to it a fifth part besides; he shall restore it to him whose it is in the day in which he happens to be convicted.
Leviticus 19:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbor, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account.
2 Kingdoms 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men.
1 Chronicles 12:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If ye are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if ye are come to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.
1 Chronicles 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He suffered not a man to oppress them, And he reproved kings for their sakes,
2 Chronicles 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Azariah the chief priest, and the other priests, turned to look at him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hastened to go out, because the Lord had rebuked him.
Job 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But blessed is the man whom the Lord has reproved; And reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Job 9:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, And one who should hear the cause between both.
Job 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, And I will reason before him, if he will.
Job 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will not reprove you at all the less: But if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,
Job 13:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, Verily I will speak, and plead before him.
Job 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Reasoning with improper sayings, And with words wherein is no profit?
Job 15:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: And thy lips shall testify against thee.
Job 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? And will he enter into judgment with thee?
Job 32:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I shall understand as far as you; And, behold, there was no one of you That answered Job his words in argument,
Job 33:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, And the multitude of his bones is benumbed.
Job 40:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will anyone pervert judgment with the Mighty One? And he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.
Job 40:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: Hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: And what shall I answer to these arguments? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
Psalms 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, Neither chasten me in thine anger.
Psalms 37:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, Neither chasten me in thine anger.
Psalms 49:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; For thy whole burnt offerings are before me continually.
Psalms 49:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These things thou didst, and I kept silence: Thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee; But I will reprove thee, and set thine offenses before thee.
Psalms 93:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, Even he that teaches man knowledge?
Psalms 104:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He suffered no man to wrong them; And he rebuked kings for their sakes:
Psalms 140:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: For yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
Proverbs 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Proverbs 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that reproves evil men shall get dishonor to himself; And he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself.
Proverbs 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate thee: Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker.
Proverbs 15:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; Neither will he associate with the wise.
Proverbs 18:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, But when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.
Proverbs 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: And if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
Proverbs 24:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
him shall appear more excellent, And blessing shall come upon them;
Proverbs 30:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar.
Proverbs 35:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles: and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war anymore.
Isaiah 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the spirit of the fear of God. He shall not judge according to appearance, nor reprove according to report:
Isaiah 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but he shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the word of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he destroy the ungodly one.
Isaiah 29:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offense, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.
Jeremiah 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thine apostasy shall correct thee, and thy wickedness shall reprove thee: know then, and see, that thy forsaking me has been bitter to thee, saith the Lord thy God; and I have taken no pleasure in thee, saith the Lord thy God.
Ezekiel 3:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also I will bind thy tongue, and thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: because it is a provoking house.
Hosea 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that neither anyone may plead, nor anyone reprove another: but my people are as a priest spoken against.
Amos 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
Habakkuk 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Art not thou from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten with his correction.
Haggai 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so are all the works of their hands: and whosoever shall approach them, shall be defiled because of their early burdens: they shall be pained because of their toils; and ye have hated him that reproved in the gates.
Matthew 18:15 New Testament, KJV
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Luke 3:19 New Testament, KJV
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
John 3:20 New Testament, KJV
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 8:9 New Testament, KJV
And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
John 8:46 New Testament, KJV
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
John 16:8 New Testament, KJV
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
1 Corinthians 14:24 New Testament, KJV
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
Ephesians 5:11 New Testament, KJV
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Ephesians 5:13 New Testament, KJV
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
1 Timothy 5:20 New Testament, KJV
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
2 Timothy 4:2 New Testament, KJV
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
Titus 1:9 New Testament, KJV
Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Titus 1:13 New Testament, KJV
This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
Titus 2:15 New Testament, KJV
These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
Hebrews 12:5 New Testament, KJV
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
James 2:9 New Testament, KJV
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Revelation 3:19 New Testament, KJV
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For froward thoughts separate from God: And his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, And remove from thoughts that are without understanding, And will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hidden: Neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let our strength be the law of justice: For that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they cast up the account of their sins, they shall come with fear: And their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore chastenest thou them by little and little that offend, And warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended, That leaving their wickedness they may believe on thee, O Lord.
Wisdom of Sirach 18:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The mercy of man is toward his neighbor; But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh: He reproveth, and nurtureth, and teacheth, And bringeth again, as a shepherd his flock.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: And if he have done it, that he do it no more.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: And if he have, that he speak it not again.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, And believe not every tale.
Wisdom of Sirach 19:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Admonish thy neighbor before thou threaten him; And give place to the law of the most High.
Wisdom of Sirach 20:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly:
1 Enoch 1:9 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold! He cometh with ten thousands of His holy ones To execute judgement upon all, And to destroy all the ungodly: And to convict all flesh Of all the works of their ungodliness which they have ungodly committed, And of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
1 Enoch 13:8 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
asleep. And behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw visions of chastisement, and a voice came bidding (me) I to tell it to the sons of heaven, and reprimand them.
1 Enoch 13:10 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
'Abelsjail, which is between Lebanon and Seneser, with their faces covered. And I recounted before them all the visions which I had seen in sleep, and I began to speak the words of righteousness, and to reprimand the heavenly Watchers.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1651, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 3 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Solomon 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 7 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1651 FAQ

What does elencho (ἐλέγχω) mean?

Elencho (Strong's G1651) is a Greek word most simply glossed "confute". elegcho (el-eng'-kho) v. 1. to confute, admonish [of uncertain affinity]

How many times is elencho (ἐλέγχω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 81 linked usages for Strong's G1651 across 29 books.

Where can I study elencho (ἐλέγχω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1651 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate elencho (ἐλέγχω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rebuke, reprove, tell, convicted, and convince. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1651 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 48 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1651, with linked reader references where each row is available.