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Reproof, Reprove
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "a reproof" (akin to B), is found in the best texts in 2 Timothy 3:16 (some mss. have elenchos, which denotes "a proof, proving, test," as in Hebrews 11:1 , "proving," RV marg., "test"). Cp. elenxis, "rebuke," 2 Peter 2:16 (lit., "had rebuke").
"to convict, rebuke, reprove," is translated "to reprove" in Luke 3:19; John 3:20 , RV marg., "convicted;" the real meaning here is "exposed" (AV marg., "discovered"); Ephesians 5:11,13 , where "to expose" is again the significance; in John 16:8 , AV, "will reprove" (RV, "will convict"); in 1 Corinthians 14:24 , RV, "reproved" (AV, "convinced"); in the following the RV has "to reprove," for AV, "to rebuke," 1 Timothy 5:20; Titus 2:15; Hebrews 12:5; Revelation 3:19; for synonymous words see CONVICT and REBUKE.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Reproof, Reprove'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/r/reproof-reprove.html. 1940.
