ἔλεγξις élenxis

Meaning

refutation, i.e. reproof

In the King James Version: rebuke

Derivation: from G1651 (ἐλέγχω);

Where it is used

• 2 Peter 2:16 But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.