REBU'KE, 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 .
2. To check or restrain.
The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan. Zechariah 3 . Isaiah 17 .
3. To chasten to punish to afflict for correction.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger. Psalms 6 .
4. To check to silence.
Master, rebuke thy disciples. Luke 19 .
5. To check to heal.
And he stood over her and rebuked the fever. Luke 4 .
6. To restrain to calm.
He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea. Matthew 8 .
REBU'KE, n.
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 . Hosea 5 .
3. In low language, any kind of check.
To suffer rebuke, to endure the reproach and persecution of men. Jeremiah 15 .
To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or censure to be blameless.