convince 3198 ## yakach {yaw-kahh'}; a primitive root; to be right(i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict: -- appoint, argue, chasten, {convince}, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise. [ql convince 1246 # diakatelegchomai {dee-ak-at-el-eng'-khom-ahee}; middle voice from 1223 and a compound of 2596 and 1651; to prove downright, i.e. confute: -- {convince}.[ql convince 1651 # elegcho {el-eng'-kho}; of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish: -- convict, {convince}, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.[ql convince 1827 # exelegcho {ex-el-eng'-kho}; from 1537 and 1651; to convict fully, i.e. (by implication) to punish: -- {convince}. [ql