REBU'KE, verb transitive [See Pack and Impeach.] 1. To chide; to reprove; to reprehend for a fault; to check by reproof. The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd, not to rebuke the rich offender fear'd. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor. Leviticus 19:17. 2. To check or restrain. The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan. Zechariah 3:2. Isaiah 17:13. 3. To chasten; to punish; to afflict for correction. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger. Psalms 6:1. 4. To check; to silence. Master, rebuke thy disciples. Luke 19:39. 5. To check; to heal. And he stood over her and rebuked the fever. Luke 4:35. 6. To restrain; to calm. He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea. Matthew 8:26. REBU'KE, noun 1. A chiding; reproof for faults; reprehension. Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? 2. In Scripture, chastisement; punishment; affliction for the purpose of restraint and correction. Ezekiel 5:15. Hosea 5. 3. In low language, any kind of check. To suffer rebuke to endure the reproach and persecution of men. Jeremiah 15:15. To be without rebuke to live without giving cause of reproof or censure; to be blameless.
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