Quick Definition
ἔλεγξις, εως, ἡ n.f. rebuke, reproof, refutation
Strong's Definition
from 1651; refutation, i.e. reproof
KJV Usage: rebuke
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ἐλέγχω
33.417 · Communication · Rebuke
to rebuke, to reproach, rebuke, reproach to state that someone has done wrong, with the implication that there is adequate proof of such wrongdoing
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔλεγξις, -ews, 7, (ἐλέγχω, 4. v-), refutation, rebuke ; (Vulg. correptio; Augustine, convictio): ἔλεγξιν ἔσχεν ἰδίας παρανομίας, he was rebuked for his own transgression, 2 Pet. ii. 16. (Philostr. vit. Apoll. 2, 22 [p. 74 ed. Olear.]; Sept., Job xxi. 4; xxiii. 2, for Mw complaint ; [Protevangel. Jacob. 16, 1 τὸ ὕδωρ τῆς ἐλέγξεως κυρίου (Sept. Num. ν. 18 τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ ἐλεγμοῦ) J.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔλεγξις elenxis 1x
reproof, rebuke, 2 Pet. 2:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἔλεγξις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἐλέγχω), [in LXX: Jb 21:4 23:2 (שִׂיחַ) * ;]
rebuke: II Pe 2:16.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἔλεγξις (elegxis) — rebuke. ἔλεγξις, εως, ἡ, refuting, reproving, [LXX]; πικρὸς πρὸς τὰς ἐ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. conviction, παρανομίας [NT]