Quick Definition
ἐπιπλήσσω v. I rebuke, chide, reprove
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 4141; to chastise, i.e. (with words) to upbraid
KJV Usage: rebuke
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πλήσσω
33.420 · Communication · Rebuke
to rebuke, to reproach, to denounce (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐπιπλήσσω ‘to strike,’ not occurring in the NT) to express strong disapproval as a type of punishment
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-πλήσσω: 1 aor. ἐπέπληξα; a. prop. to strike upon, beat upon: Hom. 1]. 10, 500. b. trop. to chaslise with words, to chide, upbraid, rebuke: 1 Tim. v. 1. (Hom. Il. 12, 211; Xen., Plato, Polyb., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιπλήσσω epiplēssō 1x
pr. to inflict blows upon; met. to chide, reprove, 1 Tim. 5:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἐπι-πλήσσω to strike at, to punish.
to rebuke, reprove: I Ti 5:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιπλήσσω. This NT Gr. εἰρ. = ‘‘rebuke,” ‘‘reprove’’ (1 Tim 5}), may be illustrated by BGU IV. 1138? (B.c. 19) καὶ αὐτὸ(ν) ἐπιπλῇξαι καταξίως, and P Flor II. 241% (A.D. 254)... amit. . ν ἢ τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπιπλήσσιν, where the editor translates ‘‘ punish.’’ The same strong sense appears in the use of the subst. (cf. 2 Macc 75%) in P Tebt I. 4133 (c. B.c. 110) τύχηι THs ἁρμοζούσης ἐπιπλήξεως, ‘may receive suitable punishment ’’ (Edd.), and so P Tor I. 11:13 (8.6. 117-6). A good parallel to the NT passage is afforded by Epict. Ench. xxxiii. 16 with reference to approaches to indecent speech—dy μὲν εὔκαιρον 7, Kal ἐπίπληξον τῷ προελθόντι, “rebuke him who makes the approach”’ (see Sharp Z#zct. p- 72f.), and for the sense of severzty in the word cf. Eustath. on Hom. //. x. 500 τὸ ἐπιπλ. καὶ κόπτειν λέγεται —tr δὲ καὶ μαστίζειν---φ᾽ οὗ καὶ τὸ λόγοις ἐπιπλήσσειν εἴρηται (cited by Wetstein ad 1 Tim 51). See also Field Notes, p. 209.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπιπλήσσω (epiplēssō) — to rebuke. ἐπιπλήσσω, Attic dialect ἐπιπλήττω, strike, τόξῳ ἐπιπλήσσων [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. punish, chastise, especially with words, rebuke. reprove, c.accusative person, καί μ᾽ οὔ τινά φημι ἄλλον ἐπιπλήξειν [NT+8th c.BC+]; ἐπί τινι for a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be rebuked, [Refs]
II.2. ἐ. τινί τι cast a thing in one's teeth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν.. αὐθαδίαν.. μὴ 'πίπλησσέ μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. intransitive, fall upon, ἀρούραις [Refs 4th c.BC+]