Original Word: διακατελέγχομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: diakatelegchomai
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak-at-el-eng'-khom-ahee)
Short Definition: I utterly refute
Definition: I effectively (utterly) refute.

1246 diakatelégxomai (from 1223 /diá, "thoroughly"; 2596 /katá, "contrary to, down against"; and 1651/elenxō, "convict, proving what is wrong or shameful") – properly, "prove all the way through" (literally "back-and-forth" until finished); (figuratively) demonstrating an idea (thesis) is true by completely refuting what opposes it, i.e. to fully prevail in a debate by also putting down (2596 /katá) what is wrong (or wrongly opposes the truth, used only in Ac 18:28).

1246/diakatelégxomai ("powerfully confute") is an "intensive form of elenxō, 'to convict' (dia, 'through,' kata, 'down,' both intensive). Ac 18:28, implies that 'he met the opposing arguments in turn (dia), and brought them down to the ground (kata).' It carries also the thought that he brought home moral blame to them" (Vine, Unger, White, NT, 122).

STRONGS NT 1246: διακατελέγχομαι

διακατελέγχομαι: imperfect διακατηλεγχομην; to confute with rivalry and effort or in a contest (on this use of the preposition διά in compos. cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 854; (others give it here the sense of completeness; see διά, C. 2)): with the dative of person (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 177 (154)); not found except in Acts 18:28 (R. V. powerfully confuted).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

convince.

Middle voice from dia and a compound of kata and elegcho; to prove downright, i.e. Confute -- convince.

see GREEK dia

see GREEK kata

see GREEK elegcho

Forms and Transliterations

διακατηλεγχετο διακατηλέγχετο διακενής διακένω διακλέπτεται διακλών διακομίσαντες διεκλέπτετο διεκόμισαν diakatelencheto diakateléncheto diakatēlencheto diakatēléncheto

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