ΔΙΕΛΕΓΧΟΝΤΙ, διελεγχοντι
DIELEGCHONTI, dielegchonti
Sounds Like: dee-eh-LEHNG-khon-tee
Translations: (to) convicting, (to) refuting, (to) exposing, (to) rebuking, (to) reproving
From the root: ΔΙΑΛΕΓΧΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound participle derived from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'thoroughly', and the verb ἐλέγχω (elegchō), meaning 'to convict' or 'to refute'. As a participle, it describes an action being performed by someone or something. It signifies the act of thoroughly examining, exposing, or convicting someone of a fault or error, often with the aim of bringing them to repentance or understanding. It can be used to describe someone who is in the process of convicting or refuting another.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Dative, Singular, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G1248 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 11:393
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΛΕΓΧΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΧΩ — to expose, to convict, to reprove, to rebuke, to refute, to convince
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