Strong's Greek #1650 - ἔλεγχος, ου, ὁ elegchos (a proof)

From elegcho; proof, conviction -- evidence, reproof.

see GREEK elegcho

Strong's 1650: ἔλεγχος

1. a proof, that by which a thing is proved or tested (τό πρᾶγμα τόν ἔλεγχον δώσει, Demosthenes 44, 15 (i. e. in Philippians 1:15); τῆς εὐψυχίας, Euripides, Herc. fur. 162; ἐνθαδ' ὁ ἔλεγχος τοῦ πράγματος, Epictetus diss. 3, 10, 11; others): τῶν (or rather, πραγμάτων) οὐ βλεπομένων, that by which invisible things are proved (and we are convinced of their reality), Hebrews 11:1 (Vulg.argumentumnonapparentium (Tdf.rerumarg.nonparentum)); (others take the word here (in accordance with the preceding ὑπόστασις, which see) of the inward result of proving viz. a conviction; see Lünem, at the passage).

2. conviction (Augustine,convictio): πρός ἔλεγχον, for convicting one of his sinfulness, 2 Timothy 3:16 R G. (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others; the Sept. chiefly for תּוכַחַת.)

Strong's Greek: 1650. ἔλεγχος (elegchos) — 2 Occurrences

2 Timothy 3:16 - N-AMS
GRK: διδασκαλίαν πρὸς ἐλεγμόν πρὸς ἐπανόρθωσιν
KJV: doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
INT: teaching for reproof for correction

Hebrews 11:1 - N-NMS
GRK: ὑπόστασις πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων
NAS: of [things] hoped for, the conviction of things
KJV: of things hoped for, the evidence of things
INT: [the] assurance of things [the] conviction not seen