ADMON'ISH, L. admoneo, ad and moneo, to teach, warn, admonish.
1. To warn or notify of a fault to reprove with mildness.
Count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 2 Thessalonians 3 .
2. To counsel against wrong practices to caution or advise.
Admonish one another in psalms and hymns. Colossians 3 .
3. To instruct or direct.
Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle. Hebrews 8 .
4. In ecclesiastical affairs, to reprove a member of the church for a fault, either publicly or privately the first step of church discipline. It is followed by of, or against as, to admonish of a fault committed, or against committing a fault. It has a like use in colleges.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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