signifies (a) "to convict, confute, refute," usually with the suggestion of putting the convicted person to shame; see Mat 18:15, where more than telling the offender his fault is in view; it is used of "convicting" of sin, Joh 8:46, Joh 16:8; gainsayers in regard to the faith, Tit 1:9; transgressors of the Law, Jam 2:9; some texts have the verb in Joh 8:9; (b) "to reprove," 1Co 14:24, RV (for AV, "convince"), for the unbeliever is there viewed as being reproved for, or "convicted" of, his sinful state; so in Luk 3:19; it is used of reproving works, Joh 3:20, Eph 5:11, Eph 5:13, 1Ti 5:20, 2Ti 4:2, Tit 1:13, Tit 2:15; all these speak of reproof by word of mouth. In Heb 12:5, Rev 3:19, the word is used of reproving by action. See FAULT, REBUKE, REPROVE.
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an intensive form of No. 1, "to convict thoroughly," is used of the Lord's future "conviction" of the ungodly, Jud 1:15.
Note: For diakatelencho, "to confute powerfully in disputation," Act 18:28 (AV, "convinced"), see CONFUTE.
