King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G557
Transliteration: apelegmos
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-el-eg-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: refutation, by implication contempt
Meaning: refutation, by implication contempt
ἀπελεγμός, ἀπελεγμου, ὁ (ἀπελέγχω to convict, expose, refute; ἐλεγμός conviction, refutation, in the Sept. for ἔλεγξις), censure, repudiation of a thing shown to be worthless: ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἀπελεγμόν to be proved to be worthless, to be disesteemed, come into contempt (R. V. disrepute), Acts 19:27. (Not used by secular authors.)
Word Summary
apelegmos: refutation, by implication contempt
Original Word: ἀπελεγμόςTransliteration: apelegmos
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-el-eg-mos')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: refutation, by implication contempt
Meaning: refutation, by implication contempt
Strong's Concordance
discredit.From a compound of apo and elegcho; refutation, i.e. (by implication) contempt -- nought.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK elegcho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 557: ἀπελεγμόςἀπελεγμός, ἀπελεγμου, ὁ (ἀπελέγχω to convict, expose, refute; ἐλεγμός conviction, refutation, in the Sept. for ἔλεγξις), censure, repudiation of a thing shown to be worthless: ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἀπελεγμόν to be proved to be worthless, to be disesteemed, come into contempt (R. V. disrepute), Acts 19:27. (Not used by secular authors.)