ΑΠΕΛΕΓΧΩΝ, απελεγχων
APELEGCHŌN, apelegchōn
Sounds Like: ah-peh-LEH-gkhon
Translations: convicting, refuting, exposing, proving wrong, rebuking
From the root: ΑΠΕΛΕΓΧΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is the present active participle of the verb 'ΑΠΕΛΕΓΧΩ' (apelegchō). It describes an ongoing action of convicting, refuting, or exposing someone or something. It implies bringing to light a fault, error, or sin, often with the intent of rebuke or correction. It can be used to describe someone who is actively proving another person wrong or demonstrating their guilt.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine or Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Singular
Strong’s number: G0553 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 2:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΠΕΛΕΓΧΩ.
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.
- ἈΠΕΛΕΓΧΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be convicted, will be reproved, will be exposed, will be refuted
- ΑΠΕΛΕΓΕΤΟ — he was refuting, he was exposing, he was convicting, he was proving wrong
- ΑΠΕΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ — to refute, to contradict, to deny, to reject, to refuse, to gainsay
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