All 6 Uses
reprove
in
The Book of Job
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- but what doth your arguing reprove?†
Chpt 6-10 *reprove = criticize
- 6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?†
Chpt 6-10
- 13:10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.†
Chpt 11-15
- 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee?†
Chpt 21-25
- 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.†
Chpt 26-30reproof = criticism
- he that reproveth God, let him answer it.†
Chpt 36-42reproveth = criticismsstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She reproveth" in older English, today we say "She reproves."
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.