Words the Bible translates as rebuke
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- elegchōἐλέγχωto bring a hidden wrong into the open so the wrongdoer must face it, whether by exposing the deed, proving the guilt, rebuking the person, or correcting them in love
- ḥerpahחֶרְפָּהpublic disgrace: the scorn others heap on you and the shame that then sticks to you in their eyes
- oneidizōὀνειδίζωto reproach: to throw a person's fault, real or alleged, in their face with words that shame them in front of others.
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
- epitimaōἐπιτιμάωto rebuke: to speak sharply and with authority to correct, warn, or bring someone or something under control
- elegchosἔλεγχοςproof: the evidence or demonstration by which something hidden is brought into the open and shown to be real
- tokhaḥatתּוֹכַחַתa corrective rebuke: words (or the discipline behind them) meant to confront a person and set them right
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- an argument: the reasoned case a person lays out to defend a position in a dispute
- ge'arahגְּעָרָהa forceful rebuke: a sharp, powerful word of displeasure, whether God's world-shaking blast or a person's stern reproof
- ga'arגָּעַרto rebuke: to check, silence, or drive something back with a forceful, commanding word.
- kahahכָּהָהto grow dim or fade: to lose brightness, sharpness, or strength without going out altogether.
+1 more meaning
- to curb someone, to check them so that they stop what they are doing.
- elegxisἔλεγξιςrebukenot studied yet
- epiplēssōἐπιπλήσσωto rebukenot studied yet
- elegmosἐλεγμόςrebukenot studied yet
- migeretמִגְעֶרֶתrebukenot studied yet
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