Both Uses
reprove
in
Genesis
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- 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.†
Chpt 11-20 *reproved = criticized
- 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.†
Chpt 21-30
Definitions:
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(1)
(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely (though often from Shakespeare), the form reproof describes punishment rather than merely criticism.