Convict (including the AV, Convince)
Convict (including the AV, Convince)
signifies (a) “to convict, confute, refute,” usually with the suggestion of putting the convicted person to shame; see Mat 18:15, where more than telling the offender his fault is in view; it is used of “convicting” of sin, Joh 8:46; Joh 16:8; gainsayers in regard to the faith, Tit 1:9; transgressors of the Law, Jam 2:9; some texts have the verb in Joh 8:9; (b) “to reprove,” 1Co 14:24, RV (for AV, “convince”), for the unbeliever is there viewed as being reproved for, or “convicted” of, his sinful state; so in Luk 3:19; it is used of reproving works, Joh 3:20; Eph 5:11, Eph 5:13; 1Ti 5:20; 2Ti 4:2; Tit 1:13; Tit 2:15; all these speak of reproof by word of mouth. In Heb 12:5; Rev 3:19, the word is used of reproving by action. See FAULT, REBUKE, REPROVE.
an intensive form of No. 1, “to convict thoroughly,” is used of the Lord’s future “conviction” of the ungodly, Jud 1:15.
Note: For diakatelencho, “to confute powerfully in disputation,” Act 18:28 (AV, “convinced”), see CONFUTE.