Reproof, Reprove
Reproof, Reprove
re-proof, re-proov: Reprove in Elizabethan English had a variety of meanings (reject disprove convince, rebuke), with put to the proof (see 2Ti 4:2 the Revised Version margin) as the force common to all, although in modern English the word means only rebuke (with a connotation of deliberateness). the King James Version uses the word chiefly (and the Revised Version (British and American) exclusively, except in 2 Esdras 12:32; 14:13; 2 Macc 4:33) for , yakhah, and , elegcho, words that have very much the same ambiguities of meaning. Hence, a fairly easy rendition into English was possible, but the result included all the ambiguities of the original, and to modern readers such a passage as But your reproof, what doth it reprove? Do ye think to reprove words (Job 6:25, Job 6:26 the American Standard Revised Version) is virtually incomprehensible. The meaning is, approximately: What do your rebukes prove? Are you quibbling about words? In Joh 16:8 no single word in modern English will translate elegcho, and reprove (the King James Version), convince (King James Version margin), and convict (Revised Version) are all unsatisfactory. The sense is: The Spirit will teach men the true meaning of these three words: sin, righteousness, judgment.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Reproof, Reprove
“a reproof” (akin to B), is found in the best texts in 2Ti 3:16 (some mss. have elenchos, which denotes “a proof, proving, test,” as in Heb 11:1, “proving,” RV marg., “test”). Cp. elenxis, “rebuke,” 2Pe 2:16 (lit., “had rebuke”).
“to convict, rebuke, reprove,” is translated “to reprove” in Luk 3:19; Joh 3:20, RV marg., “convicted;” the real meaning here is “exposed” (AV marg., “discovered”); Eph 5:11, Eph 5:13, where “to expose” is again the significance; in Joh 16:8, AV, “will reprove” (RV, “will convict”); in 1Co 14:24, RV, “reproved” (AV, “convinced”); in the following the RV has “to reprove,” for AV, “to rebuke,” 1Ti 5:20; Tit 2:15; Heb 12:5; Rev 3:19; for synonymous words see CONVICT and REBUKE.