Reproof, Reprove
"a reproof" (akin to B), is found in the best texts in 2Ti 3:16 (some mss. have elenchos, which denotes "a proof, proving, test," as in Heb 11:1, "proving," RV marg., "test"). Cp. elenxis, "rebuke," 2Pe 2:16 (lit., "had rebuke").
"to convict, rebuke, reprove," is translated "to reprove" in Luk 3:19, Joh 3:20, RV marg., "convicted;" the real meaning here is "exposed" (AV marg., "discovered"); Eph 5:11, Eph 5:13, where "to expose" is again the significance; in Joh 16:8, AV, "will reprove" (RV, "will convict"); in 1Co 14:24, RV, "reproved" (AV, "convinced"); in the following the RV has "to reprove," for AV, "to rebuke," 1Ti 5:20, Tit 2:15, Heb 12:5, Rev 3:19; for synonymous words see CONVICT and REBUKE.
