Definition

to convict fully, i.e. (by implication) to punish

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G1651 (ἐλέγχω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• ἐλέγχω elénchō

How the KJV renders it

• convince

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.